Locust Fork vs Snead

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

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

Snead has the higher population (1,490 vs 1,312 in Locust Fork). Snead has the higher median household income ($46,075 vs $42,045 in Locust Fork). Locust Fork has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $169,400 in Snead).

Population, income & housing

	Locust Fork	Snead
Population	1,312	1,490
Median age	47.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,045	$46,075
Median home value	$169,600	$169,400
Median gross rent	$1,054	—
Housing units	538	666
Homeownership rate	80.4%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Locust Fork	Snead
Population	1,478 → 1,312 (-11.2%)	893 → 1,490 (+66.9%)
Median household income	$57,344 → $42,045 (-26.7%)	$53,636 → $46,075 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $169,600 (+59.1%)	$117,600 → $169,400 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,054 (+18.4%)	$541 → $660 (+22.0%)

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

Snead

Population

8931,490

Median household income

$53,636$46,075

Median home value

$117,600$169,400

Median gross rent

$541$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Locust Fork	Snead
Under 5	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	20.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	21.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Locust Fork	Snead
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	80.0%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Locust Fork	Snead
No high school diploma	16.2%	26.1%
High school graduate	43.0%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Locust Fork	Snead
Drove alone	89.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	14.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Locust Fork	Snead
1-unit, detached	69.0%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.9%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Locust Fork	Snead
Poverty rate	17.6%	16.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	33	40
Median year structure built	1995	1995