Ashville vs Ragland

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

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

Ashville has the higher population (2,748 vs 1,601 in Ragland). Ashville has the higher median household income ($65,169 vs $37,679 in Ragland). Ashville has the higher median home value ($184,600 vs $110,800 in Ragland).

Population, income & housing

	Ashville	Ragland
Population	2,748	1,601
Median age	38.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,169	$37,679
Median home value	$184,600	$110,800
Median gross rent	$913	$508
Housing units	962	810
Homeownership rate	76.9%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashville	Ragland
Population	2,380 → 2,748 (+15.5%)	1,889 → 1,601 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$50,093 → $65,169 (+30.1%)	$36,875 → $37,679 (+2.2%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $184,600 (+67.5%)	$80,000 → $110,800 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $913 (-24.2%)	$454 → $508 (+11.9%)

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

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)

	Ashville	Ragland
Under 5	5.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.9%
75 and over	6.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashville	Ragland
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	82.8%
Black or African American	16.8%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashville	Ragland
No high school diploma	17.0%	13.3%
High school graduate	31.2%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashville	Ragland
Drove alone	88.6%	92.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashville	Ragland
1-unit, detached	82.2%	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	17.8%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Ashville	Ragland
Poverty rate	17.3%	32.5%
Average household size	3.09	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1979	1982