Ragland vs Steele

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

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

Ragland has the higher population (1,601 vs 1,293 in Steele). Steele has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $37,679 in Ragland). Ragland has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $101,700 in Steele).

Population, income & housing

	Ragland	Steele
Population	1,601	1,293
Median age	39.3 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,679	$70,000
Median home value	$110,800	$101,700
Median gross rent	$508	$744
Housing units	810	559
Homeownership rate	73.2%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ragland	Steele
Population	1,889 → 1,601 (-15.2%)	1,149 → 1,293 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $37,679 (+2.2%)	$35,125 → $70,000 (+99.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $110,800 (+38.5%)	$76,200 → $101,700 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$454 → $508 (+11.9%)	$824 → $744 (-9.7%)

Ragland

Population

1,8891,601

Median household income

$36,875$37,679

Median home value

$80,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$454$508

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)

	Ragland	Steele
Under 5	2.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	22.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	18.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.4%
75 and over	5.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ragland	Steele
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	73.2%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ragland	Steele
No high school diploma	13.3%	13.7%
High school graduate	53.4%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ragland	Steele
Drove alone	92.4%	88.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	0.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ragland	Steele
1-unit, detached	58.4%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Ragland	Steele
Poverty rate	32.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1982	1975