Ragland vs Springville

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

Ragland 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 1,601 in Ragland). Springville has the higher median household income ($76,964 vs $37,679 in Ragland). Springville has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $110,800 in Ragland).

Population, income & housing

	Ragland	Springville
Population	1,601	4,949
Median age	39.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,679	$76,964
Median home value	$110,800	$260,400
Median gross rent	$508	$783
Housing units	810	2,129
Homeownership rate	73.2%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ragland	Springville
Population	1,889 → 1,601 (-15.2%)	4,257 → 4,949 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $37,679 (+2.2%)	$83,488 → $76,964 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $110,800 (+38.5%)	$214,900 → $260,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$454 → $508 (+11.9%)	$1,596 → $783 (-50.9%)

Ragland

Population

1,8891,601

Median household income

$36,875$37,679

Median home value

$80,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$454$508

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)

	Ragland	Springville
Under 5	2.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	16.1%
75 and over	5.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ragland	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	6.8%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ragland	Springville
No high school diploma	13.3%	9.3%
High school graduate	53.4%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ragland	Springville
Drove alone	92.4%	81.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	11.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ragland	Springville
1-unit, detached	58.4%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Ragland	Springville
Poverty rate	32.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1982	1998