Forkland vs Union

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

Forkland and Union 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 172 in Union). Forkland has the higher median household income ($29,200 vs $20,000 in Union). Since 2019, Forkland's population has grown faster (-20.9% vs -44.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Forkland	Union
Population	716	172
Median age	44.3 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$29,200	$20,000
Median home value	$55,900	—
Housing units	306	101
Homeownership rate	67.5%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forkland	Union
Population	905 → 716 (-20.9%)	308 → 172 (-44.2%)
Median household income	$30,156 → $29,200 (-3.2%)	$26,125 → $20,000 (-23.4%)
Median home value	$78,900 → $55,900 (-29.2%)	$48,500 → $48,600 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$590 → $712 (+20.7%)	—

Forkland

Population

905716

Median household income

$30,156$29,200

Median home value

$78,900$55,900

Median gross rent

$590$712

Union

Population

308172

Median household income

$26,125$20,000

Median home value

$48,500$48,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forkland	Union
Under 5	0.4%	1.2%
5 to 17	10.5%	8.1%
18 to 24	30.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	1.0%	20.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	29.1%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.0%
75 and over	10.2%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forkland	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	88.8%	98.8%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forkland	Union
No high school diploma	13.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	46.7%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forkland	Union
Drove alone	78.2%	84.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.7%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forkland	Union
1-unit, detached	47.7%	59.4%
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	52.3%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Forkland	Union
Poverty rate	25.8%	23.3%
Average household size	2.98	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	30	50
Median year structure built	1982	1983