Etowah County vs St. Clair County

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

Etowah 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.

Etowah County has the higher population (103,208 vs 92,903 in St. Clair County). St. Clair County has the higher median household income ($78,993 vs $53,070 in Etowah County). St. Clair County has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $160,600 in Etowah County).

Population, income & housing

	Etowah County	St. Clair County
Population	103,208	92,903
Median age	41.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,070	$78,993
Median home value	$160,600	$218,500
Median gross rent	$807	$1,077
Housing units	47,487	38,667
Homeownership rate	73.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etowah County	St. Clair County
Population	102,748 → 103,208 (+0.4%)	87,989 → 92,903 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$44,637 → $53,070 (+18.9%)	$58,308 → $78,993 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$113,700 → $160,600 (+41.2%)	$154,900 → $218,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $807 (+20.6%)	$819 → $1,077 (+31.5%)

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

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)

	Etowah County	St. Clair County
Under 5	5.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.6%
75 and over	7.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etowah County	St. Clair County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	83.6%
Black or African American	15.0%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etowah County	St. Clair County
No high school diploma	14.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etowah County	St. Clair County
Drove alone	87.6%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etowah County	St. Clair County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Etowah County	St. Clair County
Poverty rate	17.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1975	1997