Daphne vs Orange Beach

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

Daphne and Orange Beach 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 8,244 in Orange Beach). Orange Beach has the higher median household income ($89,034 vs $86,479 in Daphne). Orange Beach has the higher median home value ($476,000 vs $309,700 in Daphne).

Population, income & housing

	Daphne	Orange Beach
Population	28,673	8,244
Median age	39.9 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$86,479	$89,034
Median home value	$309,700	$476,000
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,339
Housing units	11,801	15,075
Homeownership rate	73.7%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daphne	Orange Beach
Population	25,901 → 28,673 (+10.7%)	6,019 → 8,244 (+37.0%)
Median household income	$71,882 → $86,479 (+20.3%)	$81,883 → $89,034 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $309,700 (+53.8%)	$297,800 → $476,000 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,337 (+11.4%)	$1,117 → $1,339 (+19.9%)

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

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)

	Daphne	Orange Beach
Under 5	7.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	18.7%
75 and over	7.6%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daphne	Orange Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	12.8%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daphne	Orange Beach
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	21.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daphne	Orange Beach
Drove alone	82.6%	70.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	19.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daphne	Orange Beach
1-unit, detached	75.1%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	8.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	60.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Daphne	Orange Beach
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1995	2000