Fairhope vs Foley

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

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

Fairhope has the higher population (23,360 vs 22,330 in Foley). Fairhope has the higher median household income ($86,509 vs $67,346 in Foley). Fairhope has the higher median home value ($406,500 vs $260,100 in Foley).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhope	Foley
Population	23,360	22,330
Median age	47.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,509	$67,346
Median home value	$406,500	$260,100
Median gross rent	$1,637	$1,169
Housing units	10,360	11,569
Homeownership rate	81.6%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhope	Foley
Population	21,083 → 23,360 (+10.8%)	18,533 → 22,330 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$75,197 → $86,509 (+15.0%)	$43,614 → $67,346 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$299,200 → $406,500 (+35.9%)	$177,600 → $260,100 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,637 (+36.9%)	$855 → $1,169 (+36.7%)

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

Foley

Population

18,53322,330

Median household income

$43,614$67,346

Median home value

$177,600$260,100

Median gross rent

$855$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairhope	Foley
Under 5	4.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	17.7%
75 and over	14.0%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhope	Foley
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	77.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhope	Foley
No high school diploma	5.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	13.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhope	Foley
Drove alone	80.9%	80.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.6%	9.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhope	Foley
1-unit, detached	85.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairhope	Foley
Poverty rate	9.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1997	2004