Alford vs Jacob City

A side-by-side comparison of Alford and Jacob City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alford has the higher population (322 vs 224 in Jacob City). Alford has the higher median household income ($46,009 vs $33,333 in Jacob City). Since 2019, Jacob City's population has grown faster (-7.8% vs -48.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Alford	Jacob City
Population	322	224
Median age	61.2 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$46,009	$33,333
Median home value	—	$69,800
Median gross rent	$798	$743
Housing units	260	170
Homeownership rate	74.7%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	0.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alford	Jacob City
Population	630 → 322 (-48.9%)	243 → 224 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$26,406 → $46,009 (+74.2%)	$25,682 → $33,333 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $83,800 (+12.8%)	$72,900 → $69,800 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $798 (+7.5%)	$518 → $743 (+43.4%)

Alford

Population

630322

Median household income

$26,406$46,009

Median home value

$74,300$83,800

Median gross rent

$742$798

Jacob City

Population

243224

Median household income

$25,682$33,333

Median home value

$72,900$69,800

Median gross rent

$518$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alford	Jacob City
Under 5	3.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	6.3%
18 to 24	2.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	19.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	32.9%	15.6%
75 and over	9.9%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alford	Jacob City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	2.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	94.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alford	Jacob City
No high school diploma	24.3%	13.5%
High school graduate	33.3%	75.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alford	Jacob City
Drove alone	78.2%	89.1%
Carpooled	18.6%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alford	Jacob City
1-unit, detached	79.6%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	51.2%

Poverty & households

	Alford	Jacob City
Poverty rate	18.3%	12.1%
Average household size	1.77	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1968	1985