Daviston vs Goldville

A side-by-side comparison of Daviston and Goldville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Daviston has the higher population (199 vs 83 in Goldville). Daviston has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $63,125 in Goldville). Since 2019, Goldville's population has grown faster (+59.6% vs -7.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Daviston	Goldville
Population	199	83
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,000	$63,125
Median home value	$137,500	—
Housing units	82	40
Homeownership rate	89.7%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	3.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daviston	Goldville
Population	214 → 199 (-7.0%)	52 → 83 (+59.6%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $66,000 (+46.7%)	$35,313 → $63,125 (+78.8%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $137,500 (+63.3%)	$85,000 → $91,700 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $650 (-1.2%)	—

Daviston

Population

214199

Median household income

$45,000$66,000

Median home value

$84,200$137,500

Median gross rent

$658$650

Goldville

Population

5283

Median household income

$35,313$63,125

Median home value

$85,000$91,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daviston	Goldville
Under 5	5.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	1.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	22.9%
35 to 44	18.1%	19.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	2.4%
55 to 64	22.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.0%
75 and over	4.5%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daviston	Goldville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	98.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daviston	Goldville
No high school diploma	8.8%	40.9%
High school graduate	29.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daviston	Goldville
Drove alone	74.7%	83.7%
Carpooled	16.9%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daviston	Goldville
1-unit, detached	72.0%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.6%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Daviston	Goldville
Poverty rate	10.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1976	1967