Elmore County vs St. Clair County

A side-by-side comparison of Elmore County and St. Clair County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Clair County has the higher population (92,903 vs 88,669 in Elmore County). St. Clair County has the higher median household income ($78,993 vs $75,553 in Elmore County). St. Clair County has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $213,600 in Elmore County).

Population, income & housing

	Elmore County	St. Clair County
Population	88,669	92,903
Median age	38.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,553	$78,993
Median home value	$213,600	$218,500
Median gross rent	$1,014	$1,077
Housing units	37,085	38,667
Homeownership rate	76.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmore County	St. Clair County
Population	81,144 → 88,669 (+9.3%)	87,989 → 92,903 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$60,891 → $75,553 (+24.1%)	$58,308 → $78,993 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$166,600 → $213,600 (+28.2%)	$154,900 → $218,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $1,014 (+13.7%)	$819 → $1,077 (+31.5%)

Elmore County

Population

81,14488,669

Median household income

$60,891$75,553

Median home value

$166,600$213,600

Median gross rent

$892$1,014

St. Clair County

Population

87,98992,903

Median household income

$58,308$78,993

Median home value

$154,900$218,500

Median gross rent

$819$1,077

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmore County	St. Clair County
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.6%
75 and over	6.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmore County	St. Clair County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	21.0%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmore County	St. Clair County
No high school diploma	10.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmore County	St. Clair County
Drove alone	84.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmore County	St. Clair County
1-unit, detached	74.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Elmore County	St. Clair County
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1995	1997