Fort Deposit vs Lowndesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Deposit and Lowndesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Deposit and Lowndesboro are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Deposit has the higher population (1,560 vs 108 in Lowndesboro). Lowndesboro has the higher median household income ($68,625 vs $20,156 in Fort Deposit). Lowndesboro has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $66,300 in Fort Deposit).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Deposit	Lowndesboro
Population	1,560	108
Median age	34.5 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$20,156	$68,625
Median home value	$66,300	$192,900
Median gross rent	$450	—
Housing units	635	90
Homeownership rate	55.2%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	20.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Deposit	Lowndesboro
Population	1,835 → 1,560 (-15.0%)	92 → 108 (+17.4%)
Median household income	$34,107 → $20,156 (-40.9%)	$57,679 → $68,625 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$59,900 → $66,300 (+10.7%)	$211,400 → $192,900 (-8.8%)
Median gross rent	$383 → $450 (+17.5%)	—

Fort Deposit

Population

1,8351,560

Median household income

$34,107$20,156

Median home value

$59,900$66,300

Median gross rent

$383$450

Lowndesboro

Population

92108

Median household income

$57,679$68,625

Median home value

$211,400$192,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Deposit	Lowndesboro
Under 5	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	1.9%
45 to 54	8.4%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	36.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.7%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Deposit	Lowndesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	12.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	87.4%	10.2%
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	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Deposit	Lowndesboro
No high school diploma	26.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	50.5%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Deposit	Lowndesboro
Drove alone	79.3%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	21.0%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Deposit	Lowndesboro
1-unit, detached	34.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Deposit	Lowndesboro
Poverty rate	41.5%	1.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1992	1958