Loachapoka vs Smiths Station

A side-by-side comparison of Loachapoka and Smiths Station: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smiths Station has the higher population (5,443 vs 218 in Loachapoka). Smiths Station has the higher median household income ($57,410 vs $47,250 in Loachapoka). Smiths Station has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $183,000 in Loachapoka).

Population, income & housing

	Loachapoka	Smiths Station
Population	218	5,443
Median age	37.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,250	$57,410
Median home value	$183,000	$184,400
Median gross rent	$933	$946
Housing units	106	1,861
Homeownership rate	48.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loachapoka	Smiths Station
Population	221 → 218 (-1.4%)	5,364 → 5,443 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $47,250 (-14.5%)	$51,235 → $57,410 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $183,000 (+12.6%)	$151,200 → $184,400 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $933 (+9.8%)	$899 → $946 (+5.2%)

Loachapoka

Population

221218

Median household income

$55,250$47,250

Median home value

$162,500$183,000

Median gross rent

$850$933

Smiths Station

Population

5,3645,443

Median household income

$51,235$57,410

Median home value

$151,200$184,400

Median gross rent

$899$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loachapoka	Smiths Station
Under 5	1.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	24.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.3%
35 to 44	21.1%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.2%
75 and over	4.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loachapoka	Smiths Station
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	60.0%
Black or African American	29.4%	31.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loachapoka	Smiths Station
No high school diploma	0.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	40.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loachapoka	Smiths Station
Drove alone	61.6%	84.7%
Carpooled	29.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loachapoka	Smiths Station
1-unit, detached	61.3%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Loachapoka	Smiths Station
Poverty rate	14.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.18	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	58	24
Median year structure built	1974	1991