Alford vs Grand Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Alford and Grand Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Alford and Grand Ridge are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Ridge has the higher population (845 vs 322 in Alford). Alford has the higher median household income ($46,009 vs $43,333 in Grand Ridge). Since 2019, Grand Ridge's population has grown faster (-1.6% vs -48.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Alford	Grand Ridge
Population	322	845
Median age	61.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,009	$43,333
Median home value	—	$104,300
Median gross rent	$798	$697
Housing units	260	418
Homeownership rate	74.7%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alford	Grand Ridge
Population	630 → 322 (-48.9%)	859 → 845 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$26,406 → $46,009 (+74.2%)	$33,000 → $43,333 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $83,800 (+12.8%)	$96,600 → $104,300 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $798 (+7.5%)	$650 → $697 (+7.2%)

Alford

Population

630322

Median household income

$26,406$46,009

Median home value

$74,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$742$798

Grand Ridge

Population

859845

Median household income

$33,000$43,333

Median home value

$96,600$104,300

Median gross rent

$650$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alford	Grand Ridge
Under 5	3.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	9.9%
18 to 24	2.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	20.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	5.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	32.9%	14.4%
75 and over	9.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alford	Grand Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alford	Grand Ridge
No high school diploma	24.3%	17.4%
High school graduate	33.3%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alford	Grand Ridge
Drove alone	78.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	18.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alford	Grand Ridge
1-unit, detached	79.6%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	41.6%

Poverty & households

	Alford	Grand Ridge
Poverty rate	18.3%	17.4%
Average household size	1.77	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1968	1989