Daphne vs Fairhope

A side-by-side comparison of Daphne and Fairhope: population, income, housing, and more.

Daphne and Fairhope are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Daphne has the higher population (28,673 vs 23,360 in Fairhope). Fairhope has the higher median household income ($86,509 vs $86,479 in Daphne). Fairhope has the higher median home value ($406,500 vs $309,700 in Daphne).

Population, income & housing

	Daphne	Fairhope
Population	28,673	23,360
Median age	39.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,479	$86,509
Median home value	$309,700	$406,500
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,637
Housing units	11,801	10,360
Homeownership rate	73.7%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	53.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daphne	Fairhope
Population	25,901 → 28,673 (+10.7%)	21,083 → 23,360 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$71,882 → $86,479 (+20.3%)	$75,197 → $86,509 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $309,700 (+53.8%)	$299,200 → $406,500 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,337 (+11.4%)	$1,196 → $1,637 (+36.9%)

Daphne

Population

25,90128,673

Median household income

$71,882$86,479

Median home value

$201,400$309,700

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,337

Fairhope

Population

21,08323,360

Median household income

$75,197$86,509

Median home value

$299,200$406,500

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daphne	Fairhope
Under 5	7.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.3%
75 and over	7.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daphne	Fairhope
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	87.1%
Black or African American	12.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daphne	Fairhope
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	21.5%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daphne	Fairhope
Drove alone	82.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.1%	13.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daphne	Fairhope
1-unit, detached	75.1%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	4.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Daphne	Fairhope
Poverty rate	5.7%	9.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1995	1997