Lee County vs Morgan County

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

Lee 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.

Lee County has the higher population (177,663 vs 123,742 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($64,858 vs $61,123 in Lee County). Lee County has the higher median home value ($238,700 vs $193,000 in Morgan County).

Population, income & housing

	Lee County	Morgan County
Population	177,663	123,742
Median age	33.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,123	$64,858
Median home value	$238,700	$193,000
Median gross rent	$999	$835
Housing units	77,509	53,569
Homeownership rate	65.7%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lee County	Morgan County
Population	161,152 → 177,663 (+10.2%)	119,213 → 123,742 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$51,463 → $61,123 (+18.8%)	$52,156 → $64,858 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $238,700 (+41.0%)	$137,000 → $193,000 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $999 (+16.7%)	$658 → $835 (+26.9%)

Lee County

Population

161,152177,663

Median household income

$51,463$61,123

Median home value

$169,300$238,700

Median gross rent

$856$999

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)

	Lee County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	17.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.6%
75 and over	4.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lee County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	72.8%
Black or African American	21.9%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lee County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	8.6%	14.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lee County	Morgan County
Drove alone	79.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lee County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	57.3%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Lee County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	18.9%	13.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1997	1983