Ethelsville vs Memphis

A side-by-side comparison of Ethelsville and Memphis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ethelsville has the higher population (86 vs 27 in Memphis). Ethelsville has the higher median household income ($68,571 vs $2,499 in Memphis). Ethelsville has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $57,900 in Memphis).

Population, income & housing

	Ethelsville	Memphis
Population	86	27
Median age	47.5 yrs	23.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,571	$2,499
Median home value	$170,500	$57,900
Housing units	39	22
Homeownership rate	82.4%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ethelsville	Memphis
Population	191 → 86 (-55.0%)	24 → 27 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$39,167 → $68,571 (+75.1%)	$2,499 → $2,499 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $170,500 (+13.7%)	$93,900 → $57,900 (-38.3%)

Ethelsville

Population

19186

Median household income

$39,167$68,571

Median home value

$150,000$170,500

Memphis

Population

2427

Median household income

$2,499$2,499

Median home value

$93,900$57,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ethelsville	Memphis
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	33.7%	40.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	25.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	22.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	22.2%
75 and over	5.8%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ethelsville	Memphis
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	44.4%
Black or African American	8.1%	55.6%
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+

	Ethelsville	Memphis
No high school diploma	18.2%	15.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ethelsville	Memphis
Drove alone	100.0%	41.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	41.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ethelsville	Memphis
1-unit, detached	84.6%	86.4%
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	15.4%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Ethelsville	Memphis
Poverty rate	0.0%	40.7%
Average household size	2.53	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1981	1978