Daphne vs Gulf Shores

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

Daphne and Gulf Shores 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 15,785 in Gulf Shores). Daphne has the higher median household income ($86,479 vs $73,873 in Gulf Shores). Gulf Shores has the higher median home value ($367,000 vs $309,700 in Daphne).

Population, income & housing

	Daphne	Gulf Shores
Population	28,673	15,785
Median age	39.9 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,479	$73,873
Median home value	$309,700	$367,000
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,363
Housing units	11,801	14,668
Homeownership rate	73.7%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daphne	Gulf Shores
Population	25,901 → 28,673 (+10.7%)	12,267 → 15,785 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$71,882 → $86,479 (+20.3%)	$53,476 → $73,873 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $309,700 (+53.8%)	$243,100 → $367,000 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,337 (+11.4%)	$1,086 → $1,363 (+25.5%)

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

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)

	Daphne	Gulf Shores
Under 5	7.9%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	17.6%
75 and over	7.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daphne	Gulf Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	87.1%
Black or African American	12.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	1.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daphne	Gulf Shores
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	21.5%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daphne	Gulf Shores
Drove alone	82.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.1%	16.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daphne	Gulf Shores
1-unit, detached	75.1%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	18.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	29.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Daphne	Gulf Shores
Poverty rate	5.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1995	1998