Ariton vs Pinckard

A side-by-side comparison of Ariton and Pinckard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ariton has the higher population (706 vs 679 in Pinckard). Pinckard has the higher median household income ($56,071 vs $34,943 in Ariton). Pinckard has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $116,900 in Ariton).

Population, income & housing

	Ariton	Pinckard
Population	706	679
Median age	33.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,943	$56,071
Median home value	$116,900	$150,000
Median gross rent	$804	$693
Housing units	268	325
Homeownership rate	81.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ariton	Pinckard
Population	837 → 706 (-15.7%)	576 → 679 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$33,000 → $34,943 (+5.9%)	$34,904 → $56,071 (+60.6%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $116,900 (-0.3%)	$109,200 → $150,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$408 → $804 (+97.1%)	$648 → $693 (+6.9%)

Ariton

Population

837706

Median household income

$33,000$34,943

Median home value

$117,200$116,900

Median gross rent

$408$804

Pinckard

Population

576679

Median household income

$34,904$56,071

Median home value

$109,200$150,000

Median gross rent

$648$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ariton	Pinckard
Under 5	7.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	18.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	6.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	18.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	18.3%
65 to 74	4.0%	12.8%
75 and over	5.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ariton	Pinckard
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	82.0%
Black or African American	11.9%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ariton	Pinckard
No high school diploma	16.7%	15.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ariton	Pinckard
Drove alone	87.6%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	4.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ariton	Pinckard
1-unit, detached	75.0%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Ariton	Pinckard
Poverty rate	27.9%	20.0%
Average household size	3.17	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1976	1977