Ashville vs Steele

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

Ashville and Steele 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 1,293 in Steele). Steele has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $65,169 in Ashville). Ashville has the higher median home value ($184,600 vs $101,700 in Steele).

Population, income & housing

	Ashville	Steele
Population	2,748	1,293
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,169	$70,000
Median home value	$184,600	$101,700
Median gross rent	$913	$744
Housing units	962	559
Homeownership rate	76.9%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashville	Steele
Population	2,380 → 2,748 (+15.5%)	1,149 → 1,293 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$50,093 → $65,169 (+30.1%)	$35,125 → $70,000 (+99.3%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $184,600 (+67.5%)	$76,200 → $101,700 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $913 (-24.2%)	$824 → $744 (-9.7%)

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

Steele

Population

1,1491,293

Median household income

$35,125$70,000

Median home value

$76,200$101,700

Median gross rent

$824$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashville	Steele
Under 5	5.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	22.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.4%
75 and over	6.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashville	Steele
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	73.2%
Black or African American	16.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashville	Steele
No high school diploma	17.0%	13.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashville	Steele
Drove alone	88.6%	88.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashville	Steele
1-unit, detached	82.2%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Ashville	Steele
Poverty rate	17.3%	8.0%
Average household size	3.09	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1979	1975