Etowah County vs Lauderdale County

A side-by-side comparison of Etowah County and Lauderdale County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Etowah County has the higher population (103,208 vs 95,037 in Lauderdale County). Lauderdale County has the higher median household income ($59,082 vs $53,070 in Etowah County). Lauderdale County has the higher median home value ($185,800 vs $160,600 in Etowah County).

Population, income & housing

	Etowah County	Lauderdale County
Population	103,208	95,037
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,070	$59,082
Median home value	$160,600	$185,800
Median gross rent	$807	$799
Housing units	47,487	44,801
Homeownership rate	73.8%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etowah County	Lauderdale County
Population	102,748 → 103,208 (+0.4%)	92,556 → 95,037 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$44,637 → $53,070 (+18.9%)	$48,094 → $59,082 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $160,600 (+41.2%)	$145,000 → $185,800 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $807 (+20.6%)	$663 → $799 (+20.5%)

Etowah County

Population

102,748103,208

Median household income

$44,637$53,070

Median home value

$113,700$160,600

Median gross rent

$669$807

Lauderdale County

Population

92,55695,037

Median household income

$48,094$59,082

Median home value

$145,000$185,800

Median gross rent

$663$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Etowah County	Lauderdale County
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.7%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etowah County	Lauderdale County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	82.7%
Black or African American	15.0%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etowah County	Lauderdale County
No high school diploma	14.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	34.0%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etowah County	Lauderdale County
Drove alone	87.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etowah County	Lauderdale County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	9.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Etowah County	Lauderdale County
Poverty rate	17.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1975	1980