Daphne vs Spanish Fort

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

Daphne and Spanish Fort 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 10,377 in Spanish Fort). Spanish Fort has the higher median household income ($101,574 vs $86,479 in Daphne). Spanish Fort has the higher median home value ($314,000 vs $309,700 in Daphne).

Population, income & housing

	Daphne	Spanish Fort
Population	28,673	10,377
Median age	39.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,479	$101,574
Median home value	$309,700	$314,000
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,246
Housing units	11,801	4,338
Homeownership rate	73.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daphne	Spanish Fort
Population	25,901 → 28,673 (+10.7%)	8,601 → 10,377 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$71,882 → $86,479 (+20.3%)	$83,913 → $101,574 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $309,700 (+53.8%)	$242,600 → $314,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,337 (+11.4%)	$1,172 → $1,246 (+6.3%)

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

Spanish Fort

Population

8,60110,377

Median household income

$83,913$101,574

Median home value

$242,600$314,000

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,246

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daphne	Spanish Fort
Under 5	7.9%	11.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.2%
75 and over	7.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daphne	Spanish Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	12.8%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daphne	Spanish Fort
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	21.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daphne	Spanish Fort
Drove alone	82.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.8%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daphne	Spanish Fort
1-unit, detached	75.1%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Daphne	Spanish Fort
Poverty rate	5.7%	6.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1995	1999