Macon County vs Marengo County

A side-by-side comparison of Macon County and Marengo County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marengo County has the higher population (19,027 vs 18,951 in Macon County). Macon County has the higher median household income ($45,951 vs $44,205 in Marengo County). Marengo County has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $95,700 in Macon County).

Population, income & housing

	Macon County	Marengo County
Population	18,951	19,027
Median age	37.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,951	$44,205
Median home value	$95,700	$103,400
Median gross rent	$709	$722
Housing units	9,664	9,837
Homeownership rate	64.8%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macon County	Marengo County
Population	18,708 → 18,951 (+1.3%)	19,321 → 19,027 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$33,370 → $45,951 (+37.7%)	$33,241 → $44,205 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $95,700 (+18.4%)	$84,400 → $103,400 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $709 (+10.6%)	$563 → $722 (+28.2%)

Macon County

Population

18,70818,951

Median household income

$33,370$45,951

Median home value

$80,800$95,700

Median gross rent

$641$709

Marengo County

Population

19,32119,027

Median household income

$33,241$44,205

Median home value

$84,400$103,400

Median gross rent

$563$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macon County	Marengo County
Under 5	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	22.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.8%
75 and over	8.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macon County	Marengo County
White (non-Hispanic)	16.7%	44.5%
Black or African American	78.2%	51.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macon County	Marengo County
No high school diploma	15.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macon County	Marengo County
Drove alone	74.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	8.7%
Public transit	0.4%	1.3%
Walked	6.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.1%
Other means	2.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macon County	Marengo County
1-unit, detached	63.6%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	29.3%

Poverty & households

	Macon County	Marengo County
Poverty rate	22.1%	22.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1979	1983