Broomtown vs Sand Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Broomtown and Sand Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

Broomtown and Sand Rock are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sand Rock has the higher population (815 vs 222 in Broomtown). Since 2019, Sand Rock's population has grown faster (+77.9% vs +26.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Broomtown	Sand Rock
Population	222	815
Median age	49.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$81,750
Median home value	—	$201,300
Housing units	112	341
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomtown	Sand Rock
Population	176 → 222 (+26.1%)	458 → 815 (+77.9%)
Median household income	—	$53,571 → $81,750 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $242,900 (+6.9%)	$161,400 → $201,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)

Broomtown

Population

176222

Median home value

$227,300$242,900

Sand Rock

Population

458815

Median household income

$53,571$81,750

Median home value

$161,400$201,300

Median gross rent

$763$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broomtown	Sand Rock
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	7.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	32.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	25.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.6%
75 and over	7.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomtown	Sand Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomtown	Sand Rock
No high school diploma	31.1%	10.8%
High school graduate	43.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomtown	Sand Rock
Drove alone	78.3%	87.3%
Carpooled	21.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomtown	Sand Rock
1-unit, detached	23.2%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	76.8%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Broomtown	Sand Rock
Poverty rate	32.4%	7.0%
Average household size	2.20	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1996	1988