Daviston vs Our Town

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

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

Our Town has the higher population (596 vs 199 in Daviston). Daviston has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $63,333 in Our Town). Since 2019, Daviston's population has grown faster (-7.0% vs -13.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Daviston	Our Town
Population	199	596
Median age	41.3 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,000	$63,333
Median home value	$137,500	—
Housing units	82	392
Homeownership rate	89.7%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daviston	Our Town
Population	214 → 199 (-7.0%)	688 → 596 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $66,000 (+46.7%)	$62,019 → $63,333 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $137,500 (+63.3%)	$100,600 → $115,700 (+15.0%)
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

Our Town

Population

688596

Median household income

$62,019$63,333

Median home value

$100,600$115,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daviston	Our Town
Under 5	5.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	18.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	27.7%
55 to 64	22.6%	5.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.6%
75 and over	4.5%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daviston	Our Town
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	73.7%
Black or African American	4.0%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daviston	Our Town
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.3%
High school graduate	29.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daviston	Our Town
Drove alone	74.7%	90.1%
Carpooled	16.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daviston	Our Town
1-unit, detached	72.0%	52.6%
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%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Daviston	Our Town
Poverty rate	10.2%	24.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1976	1985