Dale County vs Tallapoosa County

A side-by-side comparison of Dale County and Tallapoosa County: population, income, housing, and more.

Dale County and Tallapoosa County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dale County has the higher population (49,516 vs 41,070 in Tallapoosa County). Tallapoosa County has the higher median household income ($57,185 vs $53,955 in Dale County). Tallapoosa County has the higher median home value ($144,800 vs $129,100 in Dale County).

Population, income & housing

	Dale County	Tallapoosa County
Population	49,516	41,070
Median age	38.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,955	$57,185
Median home value	$129,100	$144,800
Median gross rent	$863	$734
Housing units	22,910	22,967
Homeownership rate	61.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dale County	Tallapoosa County
Population	49,277 → 49,516 (+0.5%)	40,541 → 41,070 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$47,214 → $53,955 (+14.3%)	$45,828 → $57,185 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$112,000 → $129,100 (+15.3%)	$109,300 → $144,800 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $863 (+18.2%)	$665 → $734 (+10.4%)

Dale County

Population

49,27749,516

Median household income

$47,214$53,955

Median home value

$112,000$129,100

Median gross rent

$730$863

Tallapoosa County

Population

40,54141,070

Median household income

$45,828$57,185

Median home value

$109,300$144,800

Median gross rent

$665$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dale County	Tallapoosa County
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.7%
75 and over	7.1%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dale County	Tallapoosa County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	68.2%
Black or African American	20.7%	23.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dale County	Tallapoosa County
No high school diploma	14.3%	16.2%
High school graduate	31.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dale County	Tallapoosa County
Drove alone	82.7%	84.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dale County	Tallapoosa County
1-unit, detached	65.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Dale County	Tallapoosa County
Poverty rate	18.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1982	1984