Loxley vs Spanish Fort

A side-by-side comparison of Loxley and Spanish Fort: population, income, housing, and more.

Loxley and Spanish Fort are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Spanish Fort has the higher population (10,377 vs 4,029 in Loxley). Spanish Fort has the higher median household income ($101,574 vs $85,250 in Loxley). Spanish Fort has the higher median home value ($314,000 vs $303,600 in Loxley).

Population, income & housing

	Loxley	Spanish Fort
Population	4,029	10,377
Median age	37.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,250	$101,574
Median home value	$303,600	$314,000
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,246
Housing units	1,620	4,338
Homeownership rate	74.0%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loxley	Spanish Fort
Population	2,501 → 4,029 (+61.1%)	8,601 → 10,377 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $85,250 (+37.8%)	$83,913 → $101,574 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$204,900 → $303,600 (+48.2%)	$242,600 → $314,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $1,465 (+101.2%)	$1,172 → $1,246 (+6.3%)

Loxley

Population

2,5014,029

Median household income

$61,875$85,250

Median home value

$204,900$303,600

Median gross rent

$728$1,465

Spanish Fort

Population

8,60110,377

Median household income

$83,913$101,574

Median home value

$242,600$314,000

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,246

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loxley	Spanish Fort
Under 5	6.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	18.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	3.7%	11.2%
75 and over	2.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loxley	Spanish Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loxley	Spanish Fort
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	19.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loxley	Spanish Fort
Drove alone	85.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loxley	Spanish Fort
1-unit, detached	86.9%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Loxley	Spanish Fort
Poverty rate	14.9%	6.3%
Average household size	3.05	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	2007	1999