Lauderdale County vs St. Clair County

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

Lauderdale 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.

Lauderdale County has the higher population (95,037 vs 92,903 in St. Clair County). St. Clair County has the higher median household income ($78,993 vs $59,082 in Lauderdale County). St. Clair County has the higher median home value ($218,500 vs $185,800 in Lauderdale County).

Population, income & housing

	Lauderdale County	St. Clair County
Population	95,037	92,903
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,082	$78,993
Median home value	$185,800	$218,500
Median gross rent	$799	$1,077
Housing units	44,801	38,667
Homeownership rate	67.8%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lauderdale County	St. Clair County
Population	92,556 → 95,037 (+2.7%)	87,989 → 92,903 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$48,094 → $59,082 (+22.8%)	$58,308 → $78,993 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$145,000 → $185,800 (+28.1%)	$154,900 → $218,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $799 (+20.5%)	$819 → $1,077 (+31.5%)

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

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)

	Lauderdale County	St. Clair County
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.6%
75 and over	8.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lauderdale County	St. Clair County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	83.6%
Black or African American	9.5%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lauderdale County	St. Clair County
No high school diploma	10.7%	12.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lauderdale County	St. Clair County
Drove alone	80.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	9.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lauderdale County	St. Clair County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Lauderdale County	St. Clair County
Poverty rate	13.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1980	1997