Hale County vs Lamar County

A side-by-side comparison of Hale County and Lamar County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hale County has the higher population (14,749 vs 13,809 in Lamar County). Lamar County has the higher median household income ($47,447 vs $41,325 in Hale County). Hale County has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $112,700 in Lamar County).

Population, income & housing

	Hale County	Lamar County
Population	14,749	13,809
Median age	41.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,325	$47,447
Median home value	$126,300	$112,700
Median gross rent	$723	$548
Housing units	7,514	7,107
Homeownership rate	77.0%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hale County	Lamar County
Population	14,809 → 14,749 (-0.4%)	13,885 → 13,809 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$34,046 → $41,325 (+21.4%)	$38,364 → $47,447 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $126,300 (+41.4%)	$80,900 → $112,700 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $723 (+25.3%)	$425 → $548 (+28.9%)

Hale County

Population

14,80914,749

Median household income

$34,046$41,325

Median home value

$89,300$126,300

Median gross rent

$577$723

Lamar County

Population

13,88513,809

Median household income

$38,364$47,447

Median home value

$80,900$112,700

Median gross rent

$425$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hale County	Lamar County
Under 5	6.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.4%
75 and over	8.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hale County	Lamar County
White (non-Hispanic)	38.4%	85.9%
Black or African American	55.8%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hale County	Lamar County
No high school diploma	18.1%	16.1%
High school graduate	38.2%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hale County	Lamar County
Drove alone	86.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hale County	Lamar County
1-unit, detached	55.0%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Hale County	Lamar County
Poverty rate	23.9%	15.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1986	1978