Fairhope vs Spanish Fort

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

Fairhope and Spanish Fort 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 10,377 in Spanish Fort). Spanish Fort has the higher median household income ($101,574 vs $86,509 in Fairhope). Fairhope has the higher median home value ($406,500 vs $314,000 in Spanish Fort).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhope	Spanish Fort
Population	23,360	10,377
Median age	47.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,509	$101,574
Median home value	$406,500	$314,000
Median gross rent	$1,637	$1,246
Housing units	10,360	4,338
Homeownership rate	81.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhope	Spanish Fort
Population	21,083 → 23,360 (+10.8%)	8,601 → 10,377 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$75,197 → $86,509 (+15.0%)	$83,913 → $101,574 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$299,200 → $406,500 (+35.9%)	$242,600 → $314,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,637 (+36.9%)	$1,172 → $1,246 (+6.3%)

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

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)

	Fairhope	Spanish Fort
Under 5	4.2%	11.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.2%
75 and over	14.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhope	Spanish Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhope	Spanish Fort
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	13.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhope	Spanish Fort
Drove alone	80.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.1%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhope	Spanish Fort
1-unit, detached	85.0%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	16.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairhope	Spanish Fort
Poverty rate	9.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1997	1999