Locust ForkAL
A town of 1,234, settled in 1840.
Is Locust Fork a good place to live?
Locust Fork’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 8 of the 187 Alabama towns we compare have a higher average trip to work than Locust Fork. Residents are less healthy than 85% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Locust Fork's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns. Locust Fork has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,234 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Locust Fork grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Locust Fork is from typical.
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Moving to Locust Fork: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Locust Fork, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Locust Fork.
Locust Fork earns a D for health
20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Locust Fork, above both Alabama’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (14%). 17% of adults report frequent physical distress in Locust Fork. Locust Fork beats the Alabama average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| Locust Fork | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Locust Fork | AL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8% |
| More smokers | 19.5% | 15.1% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 16.9% | 14.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Locust Fork’s schools rank ahead of 68% of Alabama districts
Its public schools are run by the Blount County school district. Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Locust Fork High School, with 417 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Fork ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 534 | A− |
| Locust Fork High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 417 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Locust Fork has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Locust Fork for work: only 2% work in town. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Locust Fork, above both the Alabama town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Locust Fork has added 22 jobs, to 294 in 2023.
| Locust Fork | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 10% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Locust Fork has mild winters and hot summers
Locust Fork has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Locust Fork is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Locust Fork
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical home in Locust Fork is valued at about $228K
The typical Locust Fork home is worth about $228,000, up 0.7% in a year, close to the Alabama typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Locust Fork Community Park | 0.1 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Locust Fork
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Locust Fork
About 1 of every 100 Locust Fork residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
98% of working residents leave Locust Fork for work
Where Locust Fork’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Locust Fork
Town in the United States
Locust Fork is a town in Blount County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Locust Fork had a population of 1,192.
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- Area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 584 ft
- ZIP code
- 35097
- Area code
- 205
Questions about Locust Fork
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Locust Fork, AL expensive?
Not for the area. That is 3.2 years of the area's median household income ($71,498 across the Birmingham, AL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.