Ardmore vs Lester

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

Ardmore and Lester 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 130 in Lester). Lester has the higher median household income ($77,679 vs $43,542 in Ardmore). Ardmore has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $168,800 in Lester).

Population, income & housing

	Ardmore	Lester
Population	1,444	130
Median age	33.8 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,542	$77,679
Median home value	$183,600	$168,800
Median gross rent	$715	—
Housing units	624	42
Homeownership rate	56.4%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ardmore	Lester
Population	1,350 → 1,444 (+7.0%)	157 → 130 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$37,069 → $43,542 (+17.5%)	$42,083 → $77,679 (+84.6%)
Median home value	$111,100 → $183,600 (+65.3%)	$100,000 → $168,800 (+68.8%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $715 (-4.7%)	$775 → $743 (-4.1%)

Ardmore

Population

1,3501,444

Median household income

$37,069$43,542

Median home value

$111,100$183,600

Median gross rent

$750$715

Lester

Population

157130

Median household income

$42,083$77,679

Median home value

$100,000$168,800

Median gross rent

$775$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ardmore	Lester
Under 5	6.2%	1.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	22.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	5.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	22.3%
55 to 64	6.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.0%
75 and over	9.1%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ardmore	Lester
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	8.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ardmore	Lester
No high school diploma	11.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ardmore	Lester
Drove alone	83.0%	91.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ardmore	Lester
1-unit, detached	72.6%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	14.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Ardmore	Lester
Poverty rate	18.6%	14.6%
Average household size	2.35	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	43
Median year structure built	1982	1985