Calhoun County vs Morgan County

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun County and Morgan County: population, income, housing, and more.

Calhoun County and Morgan County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morgan County has the higher population (123,742 vs 116,141 in Calhoun County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($64,858 vs $55,826 in Calhoun County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($193,000 vs $149,500 in Calhoun County).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun County	Morgan County
Population	116,141	123,742
Median age	39.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,826	$64,858
Median home value	$149,500	$193,000
Median gross rent	$804	$835
Housing units	53,271	53,569
Homeownership rate	70.4%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun County	Morgan County
Population	114,618 → 116,141 (+1.3%)	119,213 → 123,742 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$47,255 → $55,826 (+18.1%)	$52,156 → $64,858 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$118,000 → $149,500 (+26.7%)	$137,000 → $193,000 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $804 (+12.3%)	$658 → $835 (+26.9%)

Calhoun County

Population

114,618116,141

Median household income

$47,255$55,826

Median home value

$118,000$149,500

Median gross rent

$716$804

Morgan County

Population

119,213123,742

Median household income

$52,156$64,858

Median home value

$137,000$193,000

Median gross rent

$658$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	72.8%
Black or African American	21.6%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	13.9%	14.9%
High school graduate	34.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun County	Morgan County
Drove alone	85.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	71.6%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	17.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1979	1983