Ashford vs Cowarts

A side-by-side comparison of Ashford and Cowarts: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashford has the higher population (2,438 vs 2,189 in Cowarts). Ashford has the higher median household income ($61,087 vs $57,734 in Cowarts). Cowarts has the higher median home value ($176,100 vs $167,500 in Ashford).

Population, income & housing

	Ashford	Cowarts
Population	2,438	2,189
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,087	$57,734
Median home value	$167,500	$176,100
Median gross rent	$889	$814
Housing units	1,032	909
Homeownership rate	73.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashford	Cowarts
Population	2,468 → 2,438 (-1.2%)	2,142 → 2,189 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$44,489 → $61,087 (+37.3%)	$44,808 → $57,734 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $167,500 (+21.8%)	$104,500 → $176,100 (+68.5%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $889 (+32.9%)	$650 → $814 (+25.2%)

Ashford

Population

2,4682,438

Median household income

$44,489$61,087

Median home value

$137,500$167,500

Median gross rent

$669$889

Cowarts

Population

2,1422,189

Median household income

$44,808$57,734

Median home value

$104,500$176,100

Median gross rent

$650$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashford	Cowarts
Under 5	6.3%	9.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.3%
75 and over	9.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashford	Cowarts
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	77.5%
Black or African American	26.0%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashford	Cowarts
No high school diploma	16.6%	15.9%
High school graduate	37.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashford	Cowarts
Drove alone	85.0%	86.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.4%
Other means	1.4%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashford	Cowarts
1-unit, detached	78.9%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Ashford	Cowarts
Poverty rate	15.6%	15.5%
Average household size	2.76	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1982	1993