Myrtlewood vs Thomaston

A side-by-side comparison of Myrtlewood and Thomaston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomaston has the higher population (421 vs 102 in Myrtlewood). Myrtlewood has the higher median household income ($93,646 vs $50,625 in Thomaston). Since 2019, Thomaston's population has grown faster (+10.8% vs -32.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Myrtlewood	Thomaston
Population	102	421
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,646	$50,625
Median home value	—	$82,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,150
Housing units	64	254
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Myrtlewood	Thomaston
Population	152 → 102 (-32.9%)	380 → 421 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$45,694 → $93,646 (+104.9%)	$38,125 → $50,625 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $55,000 (-24.1%)	$61,800 → $82,100 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$932 → $1,150 (+23.4%)

Myrtlewood

Population

152102

Median household income

$45,694$93,646

Median home value

$72,500$55,000

Thomaston

Population

380421

Median household income

$38,125$50,625

Median home value

$61,800$82,100

Median gross rent

$932$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Myrtlewood	Thomaston
Under 5	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	3.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	37.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	2.9%	18.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	21.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	3.9%	11.6%
75 and over	7.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Myrtlewood	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	57.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Myrtlewood	Thomaston
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Myrtlewood	Thomaston
Drove alone	100.0%	61.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	38.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Myrtlewood	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	92.2%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Myrtlewood	Thomaston
Poverty rate	0.0%	30.6%
Average household size	2.91	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	43	32
Median year structure built	1963	1968