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Gulf Shores, AL

16,401 Population
28.7 square miles 571.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,509 ±$4,257 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $42,357 ±$1,067
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,188 ±$7,052 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $78,775 ±$2,602
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.5% ±4.7% (1,880  ±771) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 10.1% † 24,573 (±1% / ±2,537)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2 (142,325  ±21,267) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 27 2,681,790 (±0.6 / ±84,281)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,542 ±370 Number of households
  • the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 98,574 ±1,224
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (16,357  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 2.5 243,865 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.5% ±0.7% (17  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 4.2% † 2,192 (±0.8% / ±424)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,263 ±558 Number of housing units
  • the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 132,258 ±70
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$382,700 ±$21,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $316,900 ±$7,217
  • nearly double the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±4.2% (2,213  ±680.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 11.1% 27,111 (±0.9% / ±2,145.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±6.6% (12,231  ±944) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 91.8% 163,080 (±2% / ±3,486.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.9% ±4.5% (5,014  ±591.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 33.7% 59,842 (±1.2% / ±2,108.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.5% ±2.7% (1,227  ±443) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 4.1% 10,220
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±2.4% (1,268  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 10.1% 19,604 (±0.7% / ±1,315)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,268 Total veterans ±323 1,158 Male ±306 110 Female ±78

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