Cleveland vs Locust Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland and Locust Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

Cleveland and Locust Fork are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cleveland has the higher population (1,366 vs 1,312 in Locust Fork). Cleveland has the higher median household income ($69,087 vs $42,045 in Locust Fork). Locust Fork has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $165,200 in Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Locust Fork
Population	1,366	1,312
Median age	39.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,087	$42,045
Median home value	$165,200	$169,600
Median gross rent	$940	$1,054
Housing units	547	538
Homeownership rate	83.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Locust Fork
Population	1,334 → 1,366 (+2.4%)	1,478 → 1,312 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$41,136 → $69,087 (+67.9%)	$57,344 → $42,045 (-26.7%)
Median home value	$95,700 → $165,200 (+72.6%)	$106,600 → $169,600 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $940 (+47.3%)	$890 → $1,054 (+18.4%)

Cleveland

Population

1,3341,366

Median household income

$41,136$69,087

Median home value

$95,700$165,200

Median gross rent

$638$940

Locust Fork

Population

1,4781,312

Median household income

$57,344$42,045

Median home value

$106,600$169,600

Median gross rent

$890$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Locust Fork
Under 5	6.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	21.3%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.5%
75 and over	6.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Locust Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Locust Fork
No high school diploma	18.4%	16.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Locust Fork
Drove alone	86.3%	89.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Locust Fork
1-unit, detached	77.5%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Locust Fork
Poverty rate	3.5%	17.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1988	1995