Boligee vs Forkland

A side-by-side comparison of Boligee and Forkland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forkland has the higher population (716 vs 213 in Boligee). Forkland has the higher median household income ($29,200 vs $25,076 in Boligee). Since 2019, Forkland's population has grown faster (-20.9% vs -51.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Boligee	Forkland
Population	213	716
Median age	31.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$25,076	$29,200
Median home value	—	$55,900
Median gross rent	$379	—
Housing units	181	306
Homeownership rate	30.5%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boligee	Forkland
Population	441 → 213 (-51.7%)	905 → 716 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$7,875 → $25,076 (+218.4%)	$30,156 → $29,200 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$28,300 → $65,900 (+132.9%)	$78,900 → $55,900 (-29.2%)
Median gross rent	$367 → $379 (+3.3%)	$590 → $712 (+20.7%)

Boligee

Population

441213

Median household income

$7,875$25,076

Median home value

$28,300$65,900

Median gross rent

$367$379

Forkland

Population

905716

Median household income

$30,156$29,200

Median home value

$78,900$55,900

Median gross rent

$590$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boligee	Forkland
Under 5	10.3%	0.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	30.7%
25 to 34	39.9%	1.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	3.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	6.0%
75 and over	0.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boligee	Forkland
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	10.5%
Black or African American	92.5%	88.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boligee	Forkland
No high school diploma	6.1%	13.6%
High school graduate	58.5%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boligee	Forkland
Drove alone	87.9%	78.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boligee	Forkland
1-unit, detached	40.3%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	52.3%

Poverty & households

	Boligee	Forkland
Poverty rate	33.3%	25.8%
Average household size	1.81	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1973	1982