Goodwater vs Ray

A side-by-side comparison of Goodwater and Ray: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goodwater has the higher population (1,375 vs 488 in Ray). Ray has the higher median household income ($68,487 vs $36,938 in Goodwater). Ray has the higher median home value ($142,800 vs $81,900 in Goodwater).

Population, income & housing

	Goodwater	Ray
Population	1,375	488
Median age	50.2 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,938	$68,487
Median home value	$81,900	$142,800
Median gross rent	$607	—
Housing units	814	233
Homeownership rate	58.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	32.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodwater	Ray
Population	1,261 → 1,375 (+9.0%)	300 → 488 (+62.7%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $36,938 (+47.8%)	$40,909 → $68,487 (+67.4%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $81,900 (+11.7%)	$112,500 → $142,800 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$387 → $607 (+56.8%)	—

Goodwater

Population

1,2611,375

Median household income

$25,000$36,938

Median home value

$73,300$81,900

Median gross rent

$387$607

Ray

Population

300488

Median household income

$40,909$68,487

Median home value

$112,500$142,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodwater	Ray
Under 5	13.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	3.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	26.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	25.4%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.1%
75 and over	13.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodwater	Ray
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	50.2%
Black or African American	84.4%	45.9%
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	2.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodwater	Ray
No high school diploma	28.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	47.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodwater	Ray
Drove alone	92.2%	86.1%
Carpooled	1.1%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodwater	Ray
1-unit, detached	61.2%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	41.2%

Poverty & households

	Goodwater	Ray
Poverty rate	39.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1974	1991