Bon Secour vs Orange Beach

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

Bon Secour 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 3,094 in Bon Secour). Orange Beach has the higher median household income ($89,034 vs $60,833 in Bon Secour). Orange Beach has the higher median home value ($476,000 vs $266,100 in Bon Secour).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Secour	Orange Beach
Population	3,094	8,244
Median age	38.8 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,833	$89,034
Median home value	$266,100	$476,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,339
Housing units	1,368	15,075
Homeownership rate	65.6%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Secour	Orange Beach
Population	1,234 → 3,094 (+150.7%)	6,019 → 8,244 (+37.0%)
Median household income	$27,674 → $60,833 (+119.8%)	$81,883 → $89,034 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$155,500 → $266,100 (+71.1%)	$297,800 → $476,000 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,117 → $1,339 (+19.9%)

Bon Secour

Population

1,2343,094

Median household income

$27,674$60,833

Median home value

$155,500$266,100

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)

	Bon Secour	Orange Beach
Under 5	2.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	23.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	18.7%
75 and over	4.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Secour	Orange Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Secour	Orange Beach
No high school diploma	9.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Secour	Orange Beach
Drove alone	84.7%	70.9%
Carpooled	13.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Secour	Orange Beach
1-unit, detached	64.1%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	60.8%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bon Secour	Orange Beach
Poverty rate	17.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.81	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	2001	2000