Highland Lake vs Locust Fork

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

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

Locust Fork has the higher population (1,312 vs 516 in Highland Lake). Highland Lake has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $42,045 in Locust Fork). Highland Lake has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $169,600 in Locust Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Lake	Locust Fork
Population	516	1,312
Median age	60.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$42,045
Median home value	$268,500	$169,600
Median gross rent	$950	$1,054
Housing units	323	538
Homeownership rate	89.0%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Lake	Locust Fork
Population	416 → 516 (+24.0%)	1,478 → 1,312 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$60,875 → $65,625 (+7.8%)	$57,344 → $42,045 (-26.7%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $268,500 (+19.3%)	$106,600 → $169,600 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $950 (+5.6%)	$890 → $1,054 (+18.4%)

Highland Lake

Population

416516

Median household income

$60,875$65,625

Median home value

$225,000$268,500

Median gross rent

$900$950

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)

	Highland Lake	Locust Fork
Under 5	2.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	3.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	4.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	31.0%	21.3%
65 to 74	22.1%	12.5%
75 and over	11.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Lake	Locust Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Lake	Locust Fork
No high school diploma	11.3%	16.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Lake	Locust Fork
Drove alone	80.1%	89.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	2.3%
Other means	1.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Lake	Locust Fork
1-unit, detached	99.1%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	29.9%

Poverty & households

	Highland Lake	Locust Fork
Poverty rate	10.3%	17.6%
Average household size	2.10	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	42	33
Median year structure built	1979	1995