Childersburg vs Munford

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

Childersburg and Munford 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 1,694 in Munford). Childersburg has the higher median household income ($49,178 vs $39,125 in Munford). Childersburg has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $77,300 in Munford).

Population, income & housing

	Childersburg	Munford
Population	4,694	1,694
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,178	$39,125
Median home value	$131,300	$77,300
Median gross rent	$795	$758
Housing units	2,110	763
Homeownership rate	65.6%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Childersburg	Munford
Population	4,908 → 4,694 (-4.4%)	1,410 → 1,694 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$31,163 → $49,178 (+57.8%)	$31,905 → $39,125 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $131,300 (+21.8%)	$79,500 → $77,300 (-2.8%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $795 (+57.1%)	$565 → $758 (+34.2%)

Childersburg

Population

4,9084,694

Median household income

$31,163$49,178

Median home value

$107,800$131,300

Median gross rent

$506$795

Munford

Population

1,4101,694

Median household income

$31,905$39,125

Median home value

$79,500$77,300

Median gross rent

$565$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Childersburg	Munford
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	20.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Childersburg	Munford
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	80.8%
Black or African American	40.8%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Childersburg	Munford
No high school diploma	18.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	34.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Childersburg	Munford
Drove alone	82.5%	72.7%
Carpooled	13.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	7.4%
Other means	2.2%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Childersburg	Munford
1-unit, detached	72.8%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	44.0%

Poverty & households

	Childersburg	Munford
Poverty rate	19.4%	34.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1972	1990