Ashford vs Taylor

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

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

Taylor has the higher population (2,916 vs 2,438 in Ashford). Taylor has the higher median household income ($62,596 vs $61,087 in Ashford). Ashford has the higher median home value ($167,500 vs $128,600 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Ashford	Taylor
Population	2,438	2,916
Median age	37.4 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,087	$62,596
Median home value	$167,500	$128,600
Median gross rent	$889	$1,055
Housing units	1,032	1,103
Homeownership rate	73.3%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashford	Taylor
Population	2,468 → 2,438 (-1.2%)	2,286 → 2,916 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$44,489 → $61,087 (+37.3%)	$45,818 → $62,596 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $167,500 (+21.8%)	$96,100 → $128,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $889 (+32.9%)	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)

Ashford

Population

2,4682,438

Median household income

$44,489$61,087

Median home value

$137,500$167,500

Median gross rent

$669$889

Taylor

Population

2,2862,916

Median household income

$45,818$62,596

Median home value

$96,100$128,600

Median gross rent

$898$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashford	Taylor
Under 5	6.3%	11.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.0%
75 and over	9.0%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashford	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	74.4%
Black or African American	26.0%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashford	Taylor
No high school diploma	16.6%	19.6%
High school graduate	37.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashford	Taylor
Drove alone	85.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashford	Taylor
1-unit, detached	78.9%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Ashford	Taylor
Poverty rate	15.6%	19.9%
Average household size	2.76	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1982	1985