What is the population of Locust Fork town?

Locust Fork town has 1,312 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #290 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Locust Fork town?

Median household income in Locust Fork town is $42,045 a year, 46.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Locust Fork town?

Median gross rent is $1,054 a month and the median home value is $169,600, so rent absorbs about 30.1% of median household income.

Is Locust Fork town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Locust Fork town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 30.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Locust Fork, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Locust Fork, Alabama (Locust Fork, AL — Census place “Locust Fork town”) is 1,312 residents, ranking #290 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $42,045, the median home is worth $169,600 and median gross rent runs $1,054 a month. Looking for the Locust Fork Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Locust Fork, AL: 35097.

Population: 1,312Locust Fork town residents
Median household income: $42,045Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $169,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,054Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 47.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 80.4%Owner-occupied households

Locust Fork ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Locust Fork.

The Locust Fork AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

35097

What the numbers mean in Locust Fork town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Locust Fork town median would spend about 30.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.6% of residents and 80.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Locust Fork town, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Locust Fork town is a small town in Alabama, with 1,312 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #290 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 47.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Locust Fork town earn a median of $42,045 a year, 46.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 17.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Locust Fork town is valued at $169,600, 44.1% below the national figure and 7% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,054 a month, 25% below the national figure, or roughly $12,648 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 30.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 80.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Locust Fork town?: Locust Fork town has 1,312 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #290 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Locust Fork town?: Median household income in Locust Fork town is $42,045 a year, 46.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Locust Fork town?: Median gross rent is $1,054 a month and the median home value is $169,600, so rent absorbs about 30.1% of median household income.
Is Locust Fork town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Locust Fork town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 30.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Locust Fork town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.