Mulga vs Trafford

A side-by-side comparison of Mulga and Trafford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mulga has the higher population (589 vs 560 in Trafford). Mulga has the higher median household income ($34,844 vs $23,750 in Trafford). Trafford has the higher median home value ($91,000 vs $56,800 in Mulga).

Population, income & housing

	Mulga	Trafford
Population	589	560
Median age	48.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,844	$23,750
Median home value	$56,800	$91,000
Median gross rent	$913	$625
Housing units	374	278
Homeownership rate	67.7%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mulga	Trafford
Population	856 → 589 (-31.2%)	594 → 560 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $34,844 (-5.5%)	$31,161 → $23,750 (-23.8%)
Median home value	$59,000 → $56,800 (-3.7%)	$81,700 → $91,000 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $913 (+12.4%)	$752 → $625 (-16.9%)

Mulga

Population

856589

Median household income

$36,875$34,844

Median home value

$59,000$56,800

Median gross rent

$812$913

Trafford

Population

594560

Median household income

$31,161$23,750

Median home value

$81,700$91,000

Median gross rent

$752$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mulga	Trafford
Under 5	4.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	11.1%
75 and over	6.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mulga	Trafford
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	76.3%
Black or African American	20.2%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mulga	Trafford
No high school diploma	23.0%	20.3%
High school graduate	36.7%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mulga	Trafford
Drove alone	82.8%	93.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mulga	Trafford
1-unit, detached	88.0%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Mulga	Trafford
Poverty rate	23.5%	44.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	42
Median year structure built	1946	1960