Marshall County vs Morgan County

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

Marshall 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 98,712 in Marshall County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($64,858 vs $60,946 in Marshall County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($193,000 vs $183,400 in Marshall County).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall County	Morgan County
Population	98,712	123,742
Median age	38.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,946	$64,858
Median home value	$183,400	$193,000
Median gross rent	$765	$835
Housing units	41,531	53,569
Homeownership rate	75.5%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall County	Morgan County
Population	95,643 → 98,712 (+3.2%)	119,213 → 123,742 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$45,983 → $60,946 (+32.5%)	$52,156 → $64,858 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$128,800 → $183,400 (+42.4%)	$137,000 → $193,000 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $765 (+17.9%)	$658 → $835 (+26.9%)

Marshall County

Population

95,64398,712

Median household income

$45,983$60,946

Median home value

$128,800$183,400

Median gross rent

$649$765

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)

	Marshall County	Morgan County
Under 5	7.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.6%
75 and over	6.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	72.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	15.6%	14.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall County	Morgan County
Drove alone	82.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	76.6%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Marshall County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	16.3%	13.6%
Average household size	2.71	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1985	1983