Sand Rock vs Spring Garden

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

Sand Rock and Spring Garden 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 171 in Spring Garden). Sand Rock has the higher median household income ($81,750 vs $58,264 in Spring Garden). Sand Rock has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $9,999 in Spring Garden).

Population, income & housing

	Sand Rock	Spring Garden
Population	815	171
Median age	40.8 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,750	$58,264
Median home value	$201,300	$9,999
Housing units	341	65
Homeownership rate	98.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sand Rock	Spring Garden
Population	458 → 815 (+77.9%)	187 → 171 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$53,571 → $81,750 (+52.6%)	$64,474 → $58,264 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $201,300 (+24.7%)	$158,600 → $9,999 (-93.7%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)	—

Sand Rock

Population

458815

Median household income

$53,571$81,750

Median home value

$161,400$201,300

Median gross rent

$763$983

Spring Garden

Population

187171

Median household income

$64,474$58,264

Median home value

$158,600$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sand Rock	Spring Garden
Under 5	6.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	21.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.9%	57.9%
65 to 74	16.6%	0.0%
75 and over	4.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sand Rock	Spring Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	100.0%
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	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sand Rock	Spring Garden
No high school diploma	10.8%	67.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sand Rock	Spring Garden
Drove alone	87.3%	69.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	30.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sand Rock	Spring Garden
1-unit, detached	85.0%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
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	14.4%	100.0%

Poverty & households

	Sand Rock	Spring Garden
Poverty rate	7.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.05	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1988	—