Bay Minette vs Robertsdale

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

Bay Minette and Robertsdale 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 6,985 in Robertsdale). Robertsdale has the higher median household income ($55,707 vs $39,737 in Bay Minette). Robertsdale has the higher median home value ($198,200 vs $146,500 in Bay Minette).

Population, income & housing

	Bay Minette	Robertsdale
Population	8,215	6,985
Median age	33.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,737	$55,707
Median home value	$146,500	$198,200
Median gross rent	$767	$997
Housing units	3,407	3,000
Homeownership rate	63.3%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay Minette	Robertsdale
Population	9,169 → 8,215 (-10.4%)	6,473 → 6,985 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$38,971 → $39,737 (+2.0%)	$43,906 → $55,707 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$125,700 → $146,500 (+16.5%)	$134,400 → $198,200 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $767 (+31.6%)	$798 → $997 (+24.9%)

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

Robertsdale

Population

6,4736,985

Median household income

$43,906$55,707

Median home value

$134,400$198,200

Median gross rent

$798$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay Minette	Robertsdale
Under 5	8.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	14.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	17.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.8%
75 and over	5.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay Minette	Robertsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	79.6%
Black or African American	41.4%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay Minette	Robertsdale
No high school diploma	19.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay Minette	Robertsdale
Drove alone	76.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	16.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay Minette	Robertsdale
1-unit, detached	77.6%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Bay Minette	Robertsdale
Poverty rate	29.8%	7.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1976	2001