Russell County vs Walker County

A side-by-side comparison of Russell County and Walker County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walker County has the higher population (64,886 vs 58,858 in Russell County). Walker County has the higher median household income ($54,509 vs $50,046 in Russell County). Russell County has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $131,100 in Walker County).

Population, income & housing

	Russell County	Walker County
Population	58,858	64,886
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,046	$54,509
Median home value	$152,300	$131,100
Median gross rent	$898	$743
Housing units	27,531	30,230
Homeownership rate	60.6%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Russell County	Walker County
Population	57,952 → 58,858 (+1.6%)	64,110 → 64,886 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$42,443 → $50,046 (+17.9%)	$43,629 → $54,509 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$122,000 → $152,300 (+24.8%)	$104,300 → $131,100 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $898 (+11.8%)	$626 → $743 (+18.7%)

Russell County

Population

57,95258,858

Median household income

$42,443$50,046

Median home value

$122,000$152,300

Median gross rent

$803$898

Walker County

Population

64,11064,886

Median household income

$43,629$54,509

Median home value

$104,300$131,100

Median gross rent

$626$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Russell County	Walker County
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.6%
75 and over	5.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Russell County	Walker County
White (non-Hispanic)	44.0%	87.0%
Black or African American	45.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Russell County	Walker County
No high school diploma	14.2%	17.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Russell County	Walker County
Drove alone	79.8%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.4%
Other means	2.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Russell County	Walker County
1-unit, detached	65.3%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Russell County	Walker County
Poverty rate	22.2%	18.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1983	1982