Horn Hill vs Sanford

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

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

Horn Hill has the higher population (272 vs 228 in Sanford). Horn Hill has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $28,393 in Sanford). Sanford has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $149,000 in Horn Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Horn Hill	Sanford
Population	272	228
Median age	46.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$28,393
Median home value	$149,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$711	$679
Housing units	124	100
Homeownership rate	85.1%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horn Hill	Sanford
Population	242 → 272 (+12.4%)	249 → 228 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$34,500 → $58,125 (+68.5%)	$34,063 → $28,393 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$87,700 → $149,000 (+69.9%)	$73,300 → $162,500 (+121.7%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $711 (+30.5%)	$529 → $679 (+28.4%)

Horn Hill

Population

242272

Median household income

$34,500$58,125

Median home value

$87,700$149,000

Median gross rent

$545$711

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)

	Horn Hill	Sanford
Under 5	10.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	2.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	4.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	20.2%
55 to 64	22.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	12.3%
75 and over	11.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horn Hill	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	4.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horn Hill	Sanford
No high school diploma	20.3%	21.5%
High school graduate	33.3%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horn Hill	Sanford
Drove alone	87.8%	97.2%
Carpooled	4.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	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)

	Horn Hill	Sanford
1-unit, detached	87.9%	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	12.1%	59.0%

Poverty & households

	Horn Hill	Sanford
Poverty rate	34.2%	51.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1988	1987