Lockhart vs Sanford

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

Lockhart and Sanford 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 228 in Sanford). Lockhart has the higher median household income ($36,964 vs $28,393 in Sanford). Sanford has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $72,700 in Lockhart).

Population, income & housing

	Lockhart	Sanford
Population	297	228
Median age	56.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,964	$28,393
Median home value	$72,700	$162,500
Median gross rent	$652	$679
Housing units	215	100
Homeownership rate	54.8%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lockhart	Sanford
Population	290 → 297 (+2.4%)	249 → 228 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$31,518 → $36,964 (+17.3%)	$34,063 → $28,393 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $72,700 (+2.5%)	$73,300 → $162,500 (+121.7%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $652 (+16.8%)	$529 → $679 (+28.4%)

Lockhart

Population

290297

Median household income

$31,518$36,964

Median home value

$70,900$72,700

Median gross rent

$558$652

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)

	Lockhart	Sanford
Under 5	0.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	20.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	18.5%	12.3%
75 and over	15.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lockhart	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lockhart	Sanford
No high school diploma	18.2%	21.5%
High school graduate	62.4%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	13.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lockhart	Sanford
Drove alone	91.6%	97.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lockhart	Sanford
1-unit, detached	79.5%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	59.0%

Poverty & households

	Lockhart	Sanford
Poverty rate	15.5%	51.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1972	1987