Gaylesville vs Sand Rock

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

Gaylesville 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 120 in Gaylesville). Sand Rock has the higher median household income ($81,750 vs $36,875 in Gaylesville). Sand Rock has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $157,100 in Gaylesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gaylesville	Sand Rock
Population	120	815
Median age	47.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$81,750
Median home value	$157,100	$201,300
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	66	341
Homeownership rate	61.2%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaylesville	Sand Rock
Population	171 → 120 (-29.8%)	458 → 815 (+77.9%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $36,875 (-30.3%)	$53,571 → $81,750 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $157,100 (+25.7%)	$161,400 → $201,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,188 (+30.1%)	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)

Gaylesville

Population

171120

Median household income

$52,917$36,875

Median home value

$125,000$157,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,188

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)

	Gaylesville	Sand Rock
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	9.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	20.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	1.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	22.5%	16.1%
55 to 64	7.5%	7.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	16.6%
75 and over	7.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaylesville	Sand Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	12.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaylesville	Sand Rock
No high school diploma	20.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	22.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaylesville	Sand Rock
Drove alone	82.4%	87.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaylesville	Sand Rock
1-unit, detached	69.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Gaylesville	Sand Rock
Poverty rate	25.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.45	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1973	1988