Bay Minette vs Gulf Shores

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

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

Gulf Shores has the higher population (15,785 vs 8,215 in Bay Minette). Gulf Shores has the higher median household income ($73,873 vs $39,737 in Bay Minette). Gulf Shores has the higher median home value ($367,000 vs $146,500 in Bay Minette).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Minette	Gulf Shores
Population	8,215	15,785
Median age	33.5 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,737	$73,873
Median home value	$146,500	$367,000
Median gross rent	$767	$1,363
Housing units	3,407	14,668
Homeownership rate	63.3%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Minette	Gulf Shores
Population	9,169 → 8,215 (-10.4%)	12,267 → 15,785 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$38,971 → $39,737 (+2.0%)	$53,476 → $73,873 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $146,500 (+16.5%)	$243,100 → $367,000 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $767 (+31.6%)	$1,086 → $1,363 (+25.5%)

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

Gulf Shores

Population

12,26715,785

Median household income

$53,476$73,873

Median home value

$243,100$367,000

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Minette	Gulf Shores
Under 5	8.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	14.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	17.6%
75 and over	5.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Minette	Gulf Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	87.1%
Black or African American	41.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Minette	Gulf Shores
No high school diploma	19.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Minette	Gulf Shores
Drove alone	76.9%	76.0%
Carpooled	16.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.3%	16.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Minette	Gulf Shores
1-unit, detached	77.6%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	18.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	29.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bay Minette	Gulf Shores
Poverty rate	29.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1976	1998