Bay Minette vs Orange Beach

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

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

Orange Beach has the higher population (8,244 vs 8,215 in Bay Minette). Orange Beach has the higher median household income ($89,034 vs $39,737 in Bay Minette). Orange Beach has the higher median home value ($476,000 vs $146,500 in Bay Minette).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Minette	Orange Beach
Population	8,215	8,244
Median age	33.5 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,737	$89,034
Median home value	$146,500	$476,000
Median gross rent	$767	$1,339
Housing units	3,407	15,075
Homeownership rate	63.3%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Minette	Orange Beach
Population	9,169 → 8,215 (-10.4%)	6,019 → 8,244 (+37.0%)
Median household income	$38,971 → $39,737 (+2.0%)	$81,883 → $89,034 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $146,500 (+16.5%)	$297,800 → $476,000 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $767 (+31.6%)	$1,117 → $1,339 (+19.9%)

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

Orange Beach

Population

6,0198,244

Median household income

$81,883$89,034

Median home value

$297,800$476,000

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Minette	Orange Beach
Under 5	8.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	14.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	18.7%
75 and over	5.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Minette	Orange Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	88.1%
Black or African American	41.4%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Minette	Orange Beach
No high school diploma	19.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Minette	Orange Beach
Drove alone	76.9%	70.9%
Carpooled	16.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	19.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Minette	Orange Beach
1-unit, detached	77.6%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	60.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bay Minette	Orange Beach
Poverty rate	29.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1976	2000