Locust Fork vs Rosa

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

Locust Fork and Rosa 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 759 in Rosa). Since 2019, Rosa's population has grown faster (+76.1% vs -11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Fork	Rosa
Population	1,312	759
Median age	47.3 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,045	—
Median home value	$169,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,054	$728
Housing units	538	327
Homeownership rate	80.4%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Fork	Rosa
Population	1,478 → 1,312 (-11.2%)	431 → 759 (+76.1%)
Median household income	$57,344 → $42,045 (-26.7%)	$55,500 → $36,346 (-34.5%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $169,600 (+59.1%)	$115,000 → $120,800 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,054 (+18.4%)	$820 → $728 (-11.2%)

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

Rosa

Population

431759

Median household income

$55,500$36,346

Median home value

$115,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$820$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Fork	Rosa
Under 5	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.2%
55 to 64	21.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	43.3%
75 and over	6.6%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Fork	Rosa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Fork	Rosa
No high school diploma	16.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Fork	Rosa
Drove alone	89.8%	91.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.9%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Fork	Rosa
1-unit, detached	69.0%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
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%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Locust Fork	Rosa
Poverty rate	17.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	33	39
Median year structure built	1995	1976