Ashville vs Margaret

A side-by-side comparison of Ashville and Margaret: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Margaret has the higher population (5,538 vs 2,748 in Ashville). Margaret has the higher median household income ($97,075 vs $65,169 in Ashville). Margaret has the higher median home value ($224,700 vs $184,600 in Ashville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashville	Margaret
Population	2,748	5,538
Median age	38.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,169	$97,075
Median home value	$184,600	$224,700
Median gross rent	$913	$881
Housing units	962	1,807
Homeownership rate	76.9%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashville	Margaret
Population	2,380 → 2,748 (+15.5%)	4,819 → 5,538 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$50,093 → $65,169 (+30.1%)	$72,200 → $97,075 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $184,600 (+67.5%)	$152,900 → $224,700 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $913 (-24.2%)	$1,311 → $881 (-32.8%)

Ashville

Population

2,3802,748

Median household income

$50,093$65,169

Median home value

$110,200$184,600

Median gross rent

$1,205$913

Margaret

Population

4,8195,538

Median household income

$72,200$97,075

Median home value

$152,900$224,700

Median gross rent

$1,311$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashville	Margaret
Under 5	5.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	23.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	4.2%
75 and over	6.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashville	Margaret
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	79.2%
Black or African American	16.8%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashville	Margaret
No high school diploma	17.0%	12.3%
High school graduate	31.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashville	Margaret
Drove alone	88.6%	87.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashville	Margaret
1-unit, detached	82.2%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
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	17.8%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashville	Margaret
Poverty rate	17.3%	6.6%
Average household size	3.09	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1979	2007