Megargel vs Peterman

A side-by-side comparison of Megargel and Peterman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peterman has the higher population (26 vs 9 in Megargel). Since 2019, Megargel's population has grown faster (-43.8% vs -82.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Megargel	Peterman
Population	9	26
Median age	—	71.1 yrs
Housing units	9	69
Homeownership rate	100.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Megargel	Peterman
Population	16 → 9 (-43.8%)	147 → 26 (-82.3%)

Megargel

Population

169

Peterman

Population

14726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Megargel	Peterman
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	33.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	66.7%	100.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Megargel	Peterman
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Megargel	Peterman
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	66.7%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Megargel	Peterman
Drove alone	—	100.0%
Carpooled	—	0.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Megargel	Peterman
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Megargel	Peterman
Poverty rate	100.0%	0.0%
Average household size	—	2.36
Median year structure built	—	1950