Onycha vs Sanford

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

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

Sanford has the higher population (228 vs 208 in Onycha). Onycha has the higher median household income ($42,143 vs $28,393 in Sanford). Sanford has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $90,000 in Onycha).

Population, income & housing

	Onycha	Sanford
Population	208	228
Median age	51.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,143	$28,393
Median home value	$90,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$679	$679
Housing units	78	100
Homeownership rate	74.2%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onycha	Sanford
Population	74 → 208 (+181.1%)	249 → 228 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$16,250 → $42,143 (+159.3%)	$34,063 → $28,393 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$80,600 → $90,000 (+11.7%)	$73,300 → $162,500 (+121.7%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $679 (+25.3%)	$529 → $679 (+28.4%)

Onycha

Population

74208

Median household income

$16,250$42,143

Median home value

$80,600$90,000

Median gross rent

$542$679

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)

	Onycha	Sanford
Under 5	1.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.7%	20.2%
55 to 64	22.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.3%
75 and over	9.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onycha	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	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	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onycha	Sanford
No high school diploma	36.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onycha	Sanford
Drove alone	100.0%	97.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Onycha	Sanford
1-unit, detached	38.5%	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	61.5%	59.0%

Poverty & households

	Onycha	Sanford
Poverty rate	18.8%	51.3%
Average household size	3.35	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1991	1987