Lowndes County vs Wilcox County

A side-by-side comparison of Lowndes County and Wilcox County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilcox County has the higher population (10,347 vs 10,008 in Lowndes County). Wilcox County has the higher median household income ($42,236 vs $35,160 in Lowndes County). Wilcox County has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $80,600 in Lowndes County).

Population, income & housing

	Lowndes County	Wilcox County
Population	10,008	10,347
Median age	42.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$35,160	$42,236
Median home value	$80,600	$84,200
Median gross rent	$663	$699
Housing units	4,827	5,314
Homeownership rate	77.3%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowndes County	Wilcox County
Population	10,079 → 10,008 (-0.7%)	10,681 → 10,347 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$30,036 → $35,160 (+17.1%)	$31,014 → $42,236 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $80,600 (+15.1%)	$79,400 → $84,200 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $663 (+13.1%)	$509 → $699 (+37.3%)

Lowndes County

Population

10,07910,008

Median household income

$30,036$35,160

Median home value

$70,000$80,600

Median gross rent

$586$663

Wilcox County

Population

10,68110,347

Median household income

$31,014$42,236

Median home value

$79,400$84,200

Median gross rent

$509$699

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lowndes County	Wilcox County
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.7%
75 and over	8.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowndes County	Wilcox County
White (non-Hispanic)	24.5%	27.5%
Black or African American	74.4%	70.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowndes County	Wilcox County
No high school diploma	16.8%	22.1%
High school graduate	44.0%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowndes County	Wilcox County
Drove alone	85.7%	86.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	3.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.7%
Other means	0.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowndes County	Wilcox County
1-unit, detached	55.1%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	34.9%

Poverty & households

	Lowndes County	Wilcox County
Poverty rate	29.6%	29.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1990	1985