Ray vs Stewartville

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

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

Stewartville has the higher population (1,557 vs 488 in Ray). Stewartville has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $68,487 in Ray). Ray has the higher median home value ($142,800 vs $96,500 in Stewartville).

Population, income & housing

	Ray	Stewartville
Population	488	1,557
Median age	49.1 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,487	$73,750
Median home value	$142,800	$96,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,024
Housing units	233	804
Homeownership rate	84.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	32.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ray	Stewartville
Population	300 → 488 (+62.7%)	1,634 → 1,557 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$40,909 → $68,487 (+67.4%)	$43,233 → $73,750 (+70.6%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $142,800 (+26.9%)	$81,900 → $96,500 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$831 → $1,024 (+23.2%)

Ray

Population

300488

Median household income

$40,909$68,487

Median home value

$112,500$142,800

Stewartville

Population

1,6341,557

Median household income

$43,233$73,750

Median home value

$81,900$96,500

Median gross rent

$831$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ray	Stewartville
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	3.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	26.4%	1.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	17.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	25.4%	21.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.5%
75 and over	2.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ray	Stewartville
White (non-Hispanic)	50.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	45.9%	1.9%
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	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ray	Stewartville
No high school diploma	8.7%	18.5%
High school graduate	32.7%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ray	Stewartville
Drove alone	86.1%	55.4%
Carpooled	13.9%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	26.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ray	Stewartville
1-unit, detached	54.5%	52.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.2%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Ray	Stewartville
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1991	1988