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Gulf Shores, AL

15,785 Population
28.4 square miles 555.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 43.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$44,451 ±$3,952 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $40,775 ±$960
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$73,873 ±$8,247 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $75,019 ±$2,751
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

11.4% ±4.3% (1,789  ±678) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 10.5% 24,819 (±1% / ±2,285)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

22 minutes ±2.5 (147,415  ±22,830) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 26.3 2,562,090 (±0.7 / ±90,559)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

7,262 ±454 Number of households
  • the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 94,642 ±1,316
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.2 ±0.1 (15,749  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 2.5 236,665 (±0 / ±86)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

0.3% ±0.5% (11  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 4% † 1,980 (±0.8% / ±395)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4.9% 58,129 (±0.2% / ±2,384)

Housing

14,668 ±573 Number of housing units
  • the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 128,518 ±178
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$367,000 ±$19,091 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $287,000 ±$6,910
  • nearly double the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

11.8% ±2.9% (1,856  ±458.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 11.4% 27,108 (±1% / ±2,340.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

95.3% ±6.5% (11,845  ±947.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 91.7% 157,767 (±2.2% / ±3,722.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
38% ±4.6% (4,719  ±599) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 32.8% 56,408 (±1.4% / ±2,332.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

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

8.9% ±3.6% (1,406  ±569) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 3.8% 9,136
  • more than double the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

9.4% ±2.1% (1,264  ±280) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 11% 20,690 (±0.8% / ±1,580)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
1,264 Total veterans ±280 1,191 Male ±269 73 Female ±74

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