Locust Fork vs Nectar

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

Locust Fork and Nectar 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 474 in Nectar). Nectar has the higher median household income ($46,000 vs $42,045 in Locust Fork). Locust Fork has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $156,900 in Nectar).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Fork	Nectar
Population	1,312	474
Median age	47.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,045	$46,000
Median home value	$169,600	$156,900
Median gross rent	$1,054	$1,075
Housing units	538	177
Homeownership rate	80.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Fork	Nectar
Population	1,478 → 1,312 (-11.2%)	376 → 474 (+26.1%)
Median household income	$57,344 → $42,045 (-26.7%)	$45,750 → $46,000 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $169,600 (+59.1%)	$115,600 → $156,900 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,054 (+18.4%)	$682 → $1,075 (+57.6%)

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

Nectar

Population

376474

Median household income

$45,750$46,000

Median home value

$115,600$156,900

Median gross rent

$682$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Fork	Nectar
Under 5	6.4%	16.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	21.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.7%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Fork	Nectar
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	69.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Fork	Nectar
No high school diploma	16.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	43.0%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Fork	Nectar
Drove alone	89.8%	65.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	28.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.1%
Other means	2.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Fork	Nectar
1-unit, detached	69.0%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.9%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Locust Fork	Nectar
Poverty rate	17.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.59	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1995	1983