Heath vs Lockhart

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

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

Lockhart has the higher population (297 vs 238 in Heath). Heath has the higher median household income ($63,463 vs $36,964 in Lockhart). Since 2019, Lockhart's population has grown faster (+2.4% vs -21.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Heath	Lockhart
Population	238	297
Median age	60.8 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,463	$36,964
Median home value	—	$72,700
Median gross rent	$380	$652
Housing units	186	215
Homeownership rate	46.6%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heath	Lockhart
Population	302 → 238 (-21.2%)	290 → 297 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$29,167 → $63,463 (+117.6%)	$31,518 → $36,964 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $77,500 (+6.9%)	$70,900 → $72,700 (+2.5%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $380 (-31.5%)	$558 → $652 (+16.8%)

Heath

Population

302238

Median household income

$29,167$63,463

Median home value

$72,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$555$380

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)

	Heath	Lockhart
Under 5	1.7%	0.3%
5 to 17	4.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	5.4%
35 to 44	3.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	20.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	38.2%	18.5%
75 and over	5.9%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heath	Lockhart
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heath	Lockhart
No high school diploma	5.6%	18.2%
High school graduate	25.8%	62.4%
Some college or associate's	58.2%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heath	Lockhart
Drove alone	83.8%	91.6%
Carpooled	14.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heath	Lockhart
1-unit, detached	34.4%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.2%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Heath	Lockhart
Poverty rate	14.7%	15.5%
Average household size	1.48	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1974	1972