Foley vs Orange Beach

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

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

Foley has the higher population (22,330 vs 8,244 in Orange Beach). Orange Beach has the higher median household income ($89,034 vs $67,346 in Foley). Orange Beach has the higher median home value ($476,000 vs $260,100 in Foley).

Population, income & housing

	Foley	Orange Beach
Population	22,330	8,244
Median age	53.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,346	$89,034
Median home value	$260,100	$476,000
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,339
Housing units	11,569	15,075
Homeownership rate	74.9%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foley	Orange Beach
Population	18,533 → 22,330 (+20.5%)	6,019 → 8,244 (+37.0%)
Median household income	$43,614 → $67,346 (+54.4%)	$81,883 → $89,034 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $260,100 (+46.5%)	$297,800 → $476,000 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,169 (+36.7%)	$1,117 → $1,339 (+19.9%)

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

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)

	Foley	Orange Beach
Under 5	2.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	16.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	18.7%
75 and over	14.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foley	Orange Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foley	Orange Beach
No high school diploma	10.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	35.2%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foley	Orange Beach
Drove alone	80.6%	70.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	19.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foley	Orange Beach
1-unit, detached	74.7%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	60.8%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Foley	Orange Beach
Poverty rate	11.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	2004	2000