Heath vs Sanford

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

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

Heath has the higher population (238 vs 228 in Sanford). Heath has the higher median household income ($63,463 vs $28,393 in Sanford). Since 2019, Sanford's population has grown faster (-8.4% vs -21.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Heath	Sanford
Population	238	228
Median age	60.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,463	$28,393
Median home value	—	$162,500
Median gross rent	$380	$679
Housing units	186	100
Homeownership rate	46.6%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heath	Sanford
Population	302 → 238 (-21.2%)	249 → 228 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$29,167 → $63,463 (+117.6%)	$34,063 → $28,393 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $77,500 (+6.9%)	$73,300 → $162,500 (+121.7%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $380 (-31.5%)	$529 → $679 (+28.4%)

Heath

Population

302238

Median household income

$29,167$63,463

Median home value

$72,500$77,500

Median gross rent

$555$380

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)

	Heath	Sanford
Under 5	1.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	4.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	3.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	20.2%
55 to 64	20.2%	7.5%
65 to 74	38.2%	12.3%
75 and over	5.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heath	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	83.8%
Black or African American	6.3%	0.0%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heath	Sanford
No high school diploma	5.6%	21.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	58.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heath	Sanford
Drove alone	83.8%	97.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heath	Sanford
1-unit, detached	34.4%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	59.0%

Poverty & households

	Heath	Sanford
Poverty rate	14.7%	51.3%
Average household size	1.48	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1974	1987