Margaret vs Pell City

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

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

Pell City has the higher population (13,353 vs 5,538 in Margaret). Margaret has the higher median household income ($97,075 vs $73,043 in Pell City). Pell City has the higher median home value ($238,100 vs $224,700 in Margaret).

Population, income & housing

	Margaret	Pell City
Population	5,538	13,353
Median age	31.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,075	$73,043
Median home value	$224,700	$238,100
Median gross rent	$881	$1,103
Housing units	1,807	5,848
Homeownership rate	87.1%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Margaret	Pell City
Population	4,819 → 5,538 (+14.9%)	13,781 → 13,353 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$72,200 → $97,075 (+34.5%)	$54,674 → $73,043 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$152,900 → $224,700 (+47.0%)	$183,800 → $238,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $881 (-32.8%)	$858 → $1,103 (+28.6%)

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

Pell City

Population

13,78113,353

Median household income

$54,674$73,043

Median home value

$183,800$238,100

Median gross rent

$858$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Margaret	Pell City
Under 5	7.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	23.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	4.2%	11.2%
75 and over	2.8%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Margaret	Pell City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	17.3%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Margaret	Pell City
No high school diploma	12.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	35.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Margaret	Pell City
Drove alone	87.4%	87.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	7.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Margaret	Pell City
1-unit, detached	79.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Margaret	Pell City
Poverty rate	6.6%	15.5%
Average household size	3.26	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	2007	1991