Difference between Community and Locality

Key difference: Community means a group of people who choose to live together, due to the common interests and habits that they share. Locality is the geographical area or the neighborhood where a particular person, or a family, or a community, etc. resides.

Communities are a great source of knowledge diffusion and absorption. When a set of like minded people sharing common characteristics come together, their convention is known as a community. Apart from providing a platform for information exchange, communities help out people in a number of ways. Some communities are formed to nurse the sick and old for free of cost, while some take up the task of maintaining cleanliness and hygiene in their neighborhoods. Communities also function on fun and recreational themes such as sports, arts, drama, literature, etc.

Locality involves the geographical whereabouts of a particular person, or a family, or a community. It provides an enclosure for these entities to collectively live in, by providing various resources that go into establishing such a settlement. Localities are generally small confinements within a city or a district or a town. They can refer to a neighborhood, or a rural settlement, or a small-scale village township. Usually, localities are not densely populated, but depending upon the surroundings, localities can be inundated by a large number of people. For instance, river banks, or localities near fresh water bodies are often thickly populated.

Comparison between Community and Locality:

	Community	Locality
Meaning	Community means a group of people who choose to live together, due to the common interests and habits that they share.	Locality is the geographical area or the neighborhood where a particular person, or a family, or a community, etc. resides.
Nomenclature	Communities are classified as per their different themes.	Localities are distinguished by names derived from their geographical surroundings, or by the people inhabiting it.
Coverage	Communities can spread across the world by transmission of information.	Localities are geographical entities, so they’re limited by boundaries.
Population	Communities mostly have a larger population than a locality.	Localities are small confinements, so they normally have a few residents.
Measure	Communities can span across continents through media such as the internet, television, telephone, etc. Which is why, they can’t be measured in miles or kilometers.	Localities are geographically bounded. They can easily be measured in terms of miles, acres, kilometers, etc.