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Alford town is a Census town of 354 people across 1.05 square miles of land, in Jackson County. Median household income is $49,157, 74.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $500,000.
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Alford
What Alford is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.05 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land336 plus or minus 123
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Alford
- Population354 plus or minus 130
- Median age55.5 plus or minus 21.6
- Population under 1849 plus or minus 35
- Share under 1813.8 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Population 65 and over138 plus or minus 79
- Share 65 and over39.0 percent plus or minus 17.2
- Households175 plus or minus 79
- Family households86 plus or minus 37
- Share of households that are families49.1 percent plus or minus 30.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Alford
- Median household income$49,157
- Per capita income$28,138 plus or minus $7,866
- Civilian labor force171 plus or minus 98
- Employed163 plus or minus 98
- Unemployed8 plus or minus 9
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over283 plus or minus 101
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher70.0 percent plus or minus 18.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.4 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.1 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Alford
- Housing units260 plus or minus 89
- Occupied units175 plus or minus 79
- Vacant units85 plus or minus 50
- Vacancy rate32.7 percent plus or minus 15.6
- Owner occupied131 plus or minus 77
- Renter occupied44 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate74.9 percent plus or minus 28.2
- Median gross rent, monthly$785
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.2 percent
- Single family units193 plus or minus 85
- Share single family74.2 percent plus or minus 20.8
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes65 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1969
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Alford gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute159 plus or minus 99
- Commuting under 15 minutes49 plus or minus 31
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more73 plus or minus 78
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.9 percent plus or minus 40.2
- Drove alone70.8 percent plus or minus 27.6
- Carpooled24.8 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Worked from home1.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Alford (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$500,000
- Average approval$500,000
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported4
- Jobs per approval4.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Alford
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number120580
- Currently effective map date12/17/10
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Jackson County, not Alford
Jackson County context, not Alford figures
These are Jackson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Alford measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County799
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County9,841
- Covered employment, Jackson County14,830
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$47,323
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$910
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County145
- Of those, single family, Jackson County105
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$1,986,155,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County6.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$39,057
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Alford. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No median owner-occupied home value is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Alford questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Alford, Florida?
354, in 175 households. Alford town covers 1.05 square miles of land, which is 336 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Alford in?
Jackson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Alford?
$49,157. Median gross rent is $785 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Alford businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $500,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $500,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Alford, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Alford borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Alford. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Alford in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Alford appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 120580, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Alford figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Alford.
Is zoning published for Alford?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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