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Fairhope, AL

24,190 Population
14.8 square miles 1,639 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$53,666 ±$4,246 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $42,357 ±$1,067
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
$94,274 ±$10,050 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $78,775 ±$2,602
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399

8.2% ±2.4% (1,960  ±564) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 10.1% † 24,573 (±1% / ±2,537)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)

25.9 minutes ±2.2 (230,990  ±25,867) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 27 2,681,790 (±0.6 / ±84,281)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)

Families

9,706 ±558 Number of households
  • the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 98,574 ±1,224
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
2.5 ±0.1 (23,975  ±72) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 2.5 243,865 (±0 / ±83)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158

4.9% ±4.1% (215  ±180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 4.2% † 2,192 (±0.8% / ±424)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)

Housing

10,730 ±587 Number of housing units
  • the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 132,258 ±70
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430

$430,900 ±$31,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: $316,900 ±$7,217
  • about double the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076

9.9% ±2.5% (2,381  ±592.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 11.1% 27,111 (±0.9% / ±2,145.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)

Social

95.1% ±5.6% (17,039  ±1,242.2) 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)
53.6% ±4.3% (9,596  ±872.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 33.7% 59,842 (±1.2% / ±2,108.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)

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

3.3% ±1.5% (786  ±370) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL Metro Area: 4.1% 10,220
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578

8.7% ±1.9% (1,648  ±370) 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 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
1,648 Total veterans ±370 1,576 Male ±375 72 Female ±66

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