Ardmore vs Elkmont

A side-by-side comparison of Ardmore and Elkmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ardmore has the higher population (1,444 vs 327 in Elkmont). Elkmont has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $43,542 in Ardmore). Elkmont has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $183,600 in Ardmore).

Population, income & housing

	Ardmore	Elkmont
Population	1,444	327
Median age	33.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,542	$47,500
Median home value	$183,600	$219,200
Median gross rent	$715	$423
Housing units	624	240
Homeownership rate	56.4%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ardmore	Elkmont
Population	1,350 → 1,444 (+7.0%)	540 → 327 (-39.4%)
Median household income	$37,069 → $43,542 (+17.5%)	$56,944 → $47,500 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$111,100 → $183,600 (+65.3%)	$132,100 → $219,200 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $715 (-4.7%)	$375 → $423 (+12.8%)

Ardmore

Population

1,3501,444

Median household income

$37,069$43,542

Median home value

$111,100$183,600

Median gross rent

$750$715

Elkmont

Population

540327

Median household income

$56,944$47,500

Median home value

$132,100$219,200

Median gross rent

$375$423

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ardmore	Elkmont
Under 5	6.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	22.9%
55 to 64	6.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.4%
75 and over	9.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ardmore	Elkmont
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	89.9%
Black or African American	8.2%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ardmore	Elkmont
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	38.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ardmore	Elkmont
Drove alone	83.0%	85.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ardmore	Elkmont
1-unit, detached	72.6%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Ardmore	Elkmont
Poverty rate	18.6%	14.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1982	1976