Argo vs Ragland

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

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

Argo has the higher population (4,456 vs 1,601 in Ragland). Argo has the higher median household income ($107,818 vs $37,679 in Ragland). Argo has the higher median home value ($249,700 vs $110,800 in Ragland).

Population, income & housing

	Argo	Ragland
Population	4,456	1,601
Median age	32.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$107,818	$37,679
Median home value	$249,700	$110,800
Median gross rent	$2,103	$508
Housing units	1,566	810
Homeownership rate	91.6%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argo	Ragland
Population	4,220 → 4,456 (+5.6%)	1,889 → 1,601 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$72,643 → $107,818 (+48.4%)	$36,875 → $37,679 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$182,800 → $249,700 (+36.6%)	$80,000 → $110,800 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$454 → $508 (+11.9%)

Argo

Population

4,2204,456

Median household income

$72,643$107,818

Median home value

$182,800$249,700

Ragland

Population

1,8891,601

Median household income

$36,875$37,679

Median home value

$80,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$454$508

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argo	Ragland
Under 5	7.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	5.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.9%
75 and over	2.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argo	Ragland
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	82.8%
Black or African American	8.8%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argo	Ragland
No high school diploma	4.5%	13.3%
High school graduate	19.2%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argo	Ragland
Drove alone	74.6%	92.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argo	Ragland
1-unit, detached	93.1%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Argo	Ragland
Poverty rate	1.1%	32.5%
Average household size	3.04	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	2004	1982