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Bayou La Batre, AL

1,977 Population
7.5 square miles 264 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±10.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$19,805 ±$3,466 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $32,032 ±$653
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$40,667 ±$5,761 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $58,119 ±$1,304
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

23.5% ±7.9% (464  ±191) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 16.3% 65,948 (±0.7% / ±2,887)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

19.2 minutes ±1.7 (13,810  ±4,464) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 26 4,235,095 (±0.5 / ±107,230)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

740 ±153 Number of households
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 160,507 ±1,367
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.7 ±0.3 (1,977  ±475) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 2.5 405,433 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

3.1% ±2.9% (16  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 5.6% † 5,468 (±0.7% / ±725)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

863 ±164 Number of housing units
  • the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 185,413 ±112
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$87,500 ±$11,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: $176,600 ±$3,645
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

5.8% ±2.9% (114  ±62.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 11% 44,976 (±0.8% / ±3,177.7)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

63.8% ±20.1% (874  ±185.2) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 89% 249,444 (±1.5% / ±4,134)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
11.5% ±5.1% (158  ±79.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 25.2% 70,483 (±0.8% / ±2,191.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.6% ±4.7% (189  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 3.3% 13,563
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

1.4% ±1% (22  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Mobile, AL Metro Area: 8% 25,349 (±0.4% / ±1,165)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
22 Total veterans ±17 22 Male ±17 N/A Female ±13

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