Ashville vs Springville

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

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

Springville has the higher population (4,949 vs 2,748 in Ashville). Springville has the higher median household income ($76,964 vs $65,169 in Ashville). Springville has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $184,600 in Ashville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashville	Springville
Population	2,748	4,949
Median age	38.1 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,169	$76,964
Median home value	$184,600	$260,400
Median gross rent	$913	$783
Housing units	962	2,129
Homeownership rate	76.9%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashville	Springville
Population	2,380 → 2,748 (+15.5%)	4,257 → 4,949 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$50,093 → $65,169 (+30.1%)	$83,488 → $76,964 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $184,600 (+67.5%)	$214,900 → $260,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $913 (-24.2%)	$1,596 → $783 (-50.9%)

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

Springville

Population

4,2574,949

Median household income

$83,488$76,964

Median home value

$214,900$260,400

Median gross rent

$1,596$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashville	Springville
Under 5	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	16.1%
75 and over	6.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashville	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	87.6%
Black or African American	16.8%	7.1%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashville	Springville
No high school diploma	17.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	31.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashville	Springville
Drove alone	88.6%	81.6%
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%	11.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashville	Springville
1-unit, detached	82.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Ashville	Springville
Poverty rate	17.3%	3.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1979	1998