Carolina vs Sanford

A side-by-side comparison of Carolina and Sanford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carolina has the higher population (250 vs 228 in Sanford). Carolina has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $28,393 in Sanford). Sanford has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $100,000 in Carolina).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Sanford
Population	250	228
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$28,393
Median home value	$100,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$681	$679
Housing units	136	100
Homeownership rate	77.6%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Sanford
Population	343 → 250 (-27.1%)	249 → 228 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $51,250 (+10.8%)	$34,063 → $28,393 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $100,000 (-15.8%)	$73,300 → $162,500 (+121.7%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $681 (-11.7%)	$529 → $679 (+28.4%)

Carolina

Population

343250

Median household income

$46,250$51,250

Median home value

$118,800$100,000

Median gross rent

$771$681

Sanford

Population

249228

Median household income

$34,063$28,393

Median home value

$73,300$162,500

Median gross rent

$529$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina	Sanford
Under 5	1.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	1.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	20.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	20.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.3%
75 and over	2.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Sanford
No high school diploma	11.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	36.6%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Sanford
Drove alone	92.7%	97.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Sanford
1-unit, detached	64.0%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	36.0%	59.0%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	Sanford
Poverty rate	8.8%	51.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1991	1987