Childersburg vs Mignon

A side-by-side comparison of Childersburg and Mignon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Childersburg has the higher population (4,694 vs 820 in Mignon). Childersburg has the higher median household income ($49,178 vs $33,217 in Mignon). Childersburg has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $38,100 in Mignon).

Population, income & housing

	Childersburg	Mignon
Population	4,694	820
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,178	$33,217
Median home value	$131,300	$38,100
Median gross rent	$795	$721
Housing units	2,110	504
Homeownership rate	65.6%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Childersburg	Mignon
Population	4,908 → 4,694 (-4.4%)	850 → 820 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$31,163 → $49,178 (+57.8%)	$30,586 → $33,217 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $131,300 (+21.8%)	$36,900 → $38,100 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $795 (+57.1%)	$632 → $721 (+14.1%)

Childersburg

Population

4,9084,694

Median household income

$31,163$49,178

Median home value

$107,800$131,300

Median gross rent

$506$795

Mignon

Population

850820

Median household income

$30,586$33,217

Median home value

$36,900$38,100

Median gross rent

$632$721

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Childersburg	Mignon
Under 5	6.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.7%
75 and over	6.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Childersburg	Mignon
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	45.6%
Black or African American	40.8%	41.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Childersburg	Mignon
No high school diploma	18.1%	33.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Childersburg	Mignon
Drove alone	82.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	13.8%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Childersburg	Mignon
1-unit, detached	72.8%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Childersburg	Mignon
Poverty rate	19.4%	27.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1972	1960