Marengo County vs Pickens County

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

Marengo County and Pickens 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 18,843 in Pickens County). Pickens County has the higher median household income ($47,014 vs $44,205 in Marengo County). Pickens County has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $103,400 in Marengo County).

Population, income & housing

	Marengo County	Pickens County
Population	19,027	18,843
Median age	41.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,205	$47,014
Median home value	$103,400	$123,300
Median gross rent	$722	$600
Housing units	9,837	8,726
Homeownership rate	69.0%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marengo County	Pickens County
Population	19,321 → 19,027 (-1.5%)	20,243 → 18,843 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$33,241 → $44,205 (+33.0%)	$39,848 → $47,014 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $103,400 (+22.5%)	$96,000 → $123,300 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $722 (+28.2%)	$457 → $600 (+31.3%)

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

Pickens County

Population

20,24318,843

Median household income

$39,848$47,014

Median home value

$96,000$123,300

Median gross rent

$457$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marengo County	Pickens County
Under 5	6.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.4%
75 and over	8.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marengo County	Pickens County
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	53.2%
Black or African American	51.3%	39.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marengo County	Pickens County
No high school diploma	14.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	34.4%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marengo County	Pickens County
Drove alone	83.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.1%
Public transit	1.3%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	5.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marengo County	Pickens County
1-unit, detached	56.9%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	29.3%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Marengo County	Pickens County
Poverty rate	22.6%	22.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1983	1981