Florala vs Lockhart

A side-by-side comparison of Florala and Lockhart: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Florala has the higher population (1,841 vs 297 in Lockhart). Lockhart has the higher median household income ($36,964 vs $34,857 in Florala). Florala has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $72,700 in Lockhart).

Population, income & housing

	Florala	Lockhart
Population	1,841	297
Median age	44.2 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$34,857	$36,964
Median home value	$81,000	$72,700
Median gross rent	$581	$652
Housing units	1,078	215
Homeownership rate	59.9%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florala	Lockhart
Population	1,551 → 1,841 (+18.7%)	290 → 297 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$27,944 → $34,857 (+24.7%)	$31,518 → $36,964 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $81,000 (+3.8%)	$70,900 → $72,700 (+2.5%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $581 (+9.2%)	$558 → $652 (+16.8%)

Florala

Population

1,5511,841

Median household income

$27,944$34,857

Median home value

$78,000$81,000

Median gross rent

$532$581

Lockhart

Population

290297

Median household income

$31,518$36,964

Median home value

$70,900$72,700

Median gross rent

$558$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florala	Lockhart
Under 5	4.9%	0.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	18.5%
75 and over	12.7%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florala	Lockhart
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	21.8%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florala	Lockhart
No high school diploma	19.7%	18.2%
High school graduate	40.3%	62.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florala	Lockhart
Drove alone	79.9%	91.6%
Carpooled	17.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florala	Lockhart
1-unit, detached	73.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Florala	Lockhart
Poverty rate	20.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	40	21
Median year structure built	1970	1972