Locust Fork vs Smoke Rise

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

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

Smoke Rise has the higher population (1,469 vs 1,312 in Locust Fork). Smoke Rise has the higher median household income ($120,100 vs $42,045 in Locust Fork). Smoke Rise has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $169,600 in Locust Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Fork	Smoke Rise
Population	1,312	1,469
Median age	47.3 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,045	$120,100
Median home value	$169,600	$223,200
Median gross rent	$1,054	—
Housing units	538	464
Homeownership rate	80.4%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Fork	Smoke Rise
Population	1,478 → 1,312 (-11.2%)	2,101 → 1,469 (-30.1%)
Median household income	$57,344 → $42,045 (-26.7%)	$94,489 → $120,100 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $169,600 (+59.1%)	$159,200 → $223,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,054 (+18.4%)	$867 → $975 (+12.5%)

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

Smoke Rise

Population

2,1011,469

Median household income

$94,489$120,100

Median home value

$159,200$223,200

Median gross rent

$867$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Fork	Smoke Rise
Under 5	6.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	18.5%
55 to 64	21.3%	1.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.0%
75 and over	6.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Fork	Smoke Rise
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	84.4%
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%	3.3%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Fork	Smoke Rise
No high school diploma	16.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	43.0%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Fork	Smoke Rise
Drove alone	89.8%	86.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	12.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Fork	Smoke Rise
1-unit, detached	69.0%	97.6%
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%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Locust Fork	Smoke Rise
Poverty rate	17.6%	5.2%
Average household size	2.59	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1995	1977