Langston vs Pleasant Groves

A side-by-side comparison of Langston and Pleasant Groves: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pleasant Groves has the higher population (490 vs 261 in Langston). Pleasant Groves has the higher median household income ($57,850 vs $51,042 in Langston). Langston has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $156,000 in Pleasant Groves).

Population, income & housing

	Langston	Pleasant Groves
Population	261	490
Median age	56.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	$57,850
Median home value	$300,000	$156,000
Median gross rent	$745	$475
Housing units	230	237
Homeownership rate	62.4%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Langston	Pleasant Groves
Population	211 → 261 (+23.7%)	441 → 490 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$46,136 → $51,042 (+10.6%)	$50,500 → $57,850 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$335,700 → $300,000 (-10.6%)	$117,400 → $156,000 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $745 (+8.3%)	$635 → $475 (-25.2%)

Langston

Population

211261

Median household income

$46,136$51,042

Median home value

$335,700$300,000

Median gross rent

$688$745

Pleasant Groves

Population

441490

Median household income

$50,500$57,850

Median home value

$117,400$156,000

Median gross rent

$635$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Langston	Pleasant Groves
Under 5	3.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	4.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	0.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	26.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	21.5%	16.5%
75 and over	6.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Langston	Pleasant Groves
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	94.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Langston	Pleasant Groves
No high school diploma	10.1%	9.7%
High school graduate	40.1%	49.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Langston	Pleasant Groves
Drove alone	88.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Langston	Pleasant Groves
1-unit, detached	82.2%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
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	17.0%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Langston	Pleasant Groves
Poverty rate	27.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	42	32
Median year structure built	1989	1977