Argo vs Pell City

A side-by-side comparison of Argo and Pell City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pell City has the higher population (13,353 vs 4,456 in Argo). Argo has the higher median household income ($107,818 vs $73,043 in Pell City). Argo has the higher median home value ($249,700 vs $238,100 in Pell City).

Population, income & housing

	Argo	Pell City
Population	4,456	13,353
Median age	32.3 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,818	$73,043
Median home value	$249,700	$238,100
Median gross rent	$2,103	$1,103
Housing units	1,566	5,848
Homeownership rate	91.6%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argo	Pell City
Population	4,220 → 4,456 (+5.6%)	13,781 → 13,353 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$72,643 → $107,818 (+48.4%)	$54,674 → $73,043 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $249,700 (+36.6%)	$183,800 → $238,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$858 → $1,103 (+28.6%)

Argo

Population

4,2204,456

Median household income

$72,643$107,818

Median home value

$182,800$249,700

Pell City

Population

13,78113,353

Median household income

$54,674$73,043

Median home value

$183,800$238,100

Median gross rent

$858$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argo	Pell City
Under 5	7.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	17.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	5.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.2%
75 and over	2.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argo	Pell City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	78.5%
Black or African American	8.8%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argo	Pell City
No high school diploma	4.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	19.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argo	Pell City
Drove alone	74.6%	87.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argo	Pell City
1-unit, detached	93.1%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Argo	Pell City
Poverty rate	1.1%	15.5%
Average household size	3.04	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	2004	1991