Bay Minette vs Bon Secour

A side-by-side comparison of Bay Minette and Bon Secour: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay Minette and Bon Secour are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bay Minette has the higher population (8,215 vs 3,094 in Bon Secour). Bon Secour has the higher median household income ($60,833 vs $39,737 in Bay Minette). Bon Secour has the higher median home value ($266,100 vs $146,500 in Bay Minette).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Minette	Bon Secour
Population	8,215	3,094
Median age	33.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,737	$60,833
Median home value	$146,500	$266,100
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	3,407	1,368
Homeownership rate	63.3%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Minette	Bon Secour
Population	9,169 → 8,215 (-10.4%)	1,234 → 3,094 (+150.7%)
Median household income	$38,971 → $39,737 (+2.0%)	$27,674 → $60,833 (+119.8%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $146,500 (+16.5%)	$155,500 → $266,100 (+71.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $767 (+31.6%)	—

Bay Minette

Population

9,1698,215

Median household income

$38,971$39,737

Median home value

$125,700$146,500

Median gross rent

$583$767

Bon Secour

Population

1,2343,094

Median household income

$27,674$60,833

Median home value

$155,500$266,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Minette	Bon Secour
Under 5	8.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	14.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	23.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.1%
75 and over	5.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Minette	Bon Secour
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	73.5%
Black or African American	41.4%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Minette	Bon Secour
No high school diploma	19.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Minette	Bon Secour
Drove alone	76.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	16.2%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Minette	Bon Secour
1-unit, detached	77.6%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	7.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	28.8%

Poverty & households

	Bay Minette	Bon Secour
Poverty rate	29.8%	17.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1976	2001