Sumter County vs Wilcox County

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

Sumter 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.

Sumter County has the higher population (12,020 vs 10,347 in Wilcox County). Wilcox County has the higher median household income ($42,236 vs $37,981 in Sumter County). Wilcox County has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $84,100 in Sumter County).

Population, income & housing

	Sumter County	Wilcox County
Population	12,020	10,347
Median age	34.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,981	$42,236
Median home value	$84,100	$84,200
Median gross rent	$841	$699
Housing units	6,329	5,314
Homeownership rate	69.6%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sumter County	Wilcox County
Population	12,797 → 12,020 (-6.1%)	10,681 → 10,347 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$24,320 → $37,981 (+56.2%)	$31,014 → $42,236 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $84,100 (+13.0%)	$79,400 → $84,200 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$518 → $841 (+62.4%)	$509 → $699 (+37.3%)

Sumter County

Population

12,79712,020

Median household income

$24,320$37,981

Median home value

$74,400$84,100

Median gross rent

$518$841

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)

	Sumter County	Wilcox County
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	21.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sumter County	Wilcox County
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	27.5%
Black or African American	71.1%	70.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sumter County	Wilcox County
No high school diploma	12.0%	22.1%
High school graduate	34.1%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sumter County	Wilcox County
Drove alone	81.8%	86.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	3.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sumter County	Wilcox County
1-unit, detached	56.8%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	36.2%	34.9%

Poverty & households

	Sumter County	Wilcox County
Poverty rate	28.1%	29.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1980	1985