Foley vs Spanish Fort

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

Foley and Spanish Fort 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 10,377 in Spanish Fort). Spanish Fort has the higher median household income ($101,574 vs $67,346 in Foley). Spanish Fort has the higher median home value ($314,000 vs $260,100 in Foley).

Population, income & housing

	Foley	Spanish Fort
Population	22,330	10,377
Median age	53.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,346	$101,574
Median home value	$260,100	$314,000
Median gross rent	$1,169	$1,246
Housing units	11,569	4,338
Homeownership rate	74.9%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foley	Spanish Fort
Population	18,533 → 22,330 (+20.5%)	8,601 → 10,377 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$43,614 → $67,346 (+54.4%)	$83,913 → $101,574 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$177,600 → $260,100 (+46.5%)	$242,600 → $314,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,169 (+36.7%)	$1,172 → $1,246 (+6.3%)

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

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)

	Foley	Spanish Fort
Under 5	2.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	17.7%	11.2%
75 and over	14.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foley	Spanish Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	78.2%
Black or African American	4.6%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foley	Spanish Fort
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foley	Spanish Fort
Drove alone	80.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	7.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	9.7%
Other means	1.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foley	Spanish Fort
1-unit, detached	74.7%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	16.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Foley	Spanish Fort
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	2004	1999