Choccolocco vs Hobson City

A side-by-side comparison of Choccolocco and Hobson City: population, income, housing, and more.

Choccolocco and Hobson City are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Choccolocco has the higher population (3,120 vs 962 in Hobson City). Choccolocco has the higher median household income ($76,898 vs $35,769 in Hobson City). Choccolocco has the higher median home value ($248,200 vs $100,000 in Hobson City).

Population, income & housing

	Choccolocco	Hobson City
Population	3,120	962
Median age	39.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,898	$35,769
Median home value	$248,200	$100,000
Median gross rent	$1,216	$407
Housing units	1,208	421
Homeownership rate	84.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Choccolocco	Hobson City
Population	3,011 → 3,120 (+3.6%)	755 → 962 (+27.4%)
Median household income	$79,224 → $76,898 (-2.9%)	$34,286 → $35,769 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$200,700 → $248,200 (+23.7%)	$91,400 → $100,000 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,170 → $1,216 (+3.9%)	$716 → $407 (-43.2%)

Choccolocco

Population

3,0113,120

Median household income

$79,224$76,898

Median home value

$200,700$248,200

Median gross rent

$1,170$1,216

Hobson City

Population

755962

Median household income

$34,286$35,769

Median home value

$91,400$100,000

Median gross rent

$716$407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Choccolocco	Hobson City
Under 5	7.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	27.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	15.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.0%
75 and over	5.6%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Choccolocco	Hobson City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	5.6%
Black or African American	8.1%	91.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Choccolocco	Hobson City
No high school diploma	1.7%	15.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Choccolocco	Hobson City
Drove alone	83.2%	72.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	4.7%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Choccolocco	Hobson City
1-unit, detached	76.6%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Choccolocco	Hobson City
Poverty rate	7.7%	27.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	2002	1973