Orange Beach vs Robertsdale

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

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

Orange Beach has the higher population (8,244 vs 6,985 in Robertsdale). Orange Beach has the higher median household income ($89,034 vs $55,707 in Robertsdale). Orange Beach has the higher median home value ($476,000 vs $198,200 in Robertsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Orange Beach	Robertsdale
Population	8,244	6,985
Median age	51.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,034	$55,707
Median home value	$476,000	$198,200
Median gross rent	$1,339	$997
Housing units	15,075	3,000
Homeownership rate	63.6%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange Beach	Robertsdale
Population	6,019 → 8,244 (+37.0%)	6,473 → 6,985 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$81,883 → $89,034 (+8.7%)	$43,906 → $55,707 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$297,800 → $476,000 (+59.8%)	$134,400 → $198,200 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,339 (+19.9%)	$798 → $997 (+24.9%)

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

Robertsdale

Population

6,4736,985

Median household income

$43,906$55,707

Median home value

$134,400$198,200

Median gross rent

$798$997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orange Beach	Robertsdale
Under 5	2.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	17.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	18.7%	9.8%
75 and over	9.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange Beach	Robertsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	79.6%
Black or African American	4.5%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange Beach	Robertsdale
No high school diploma	2.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange Beach	Robertsdale
Drove alone	70.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	19.6%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange Beach	Robertsdale
1-unit, detached	23.7%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	60.8%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Orange Beach	Robertsdale
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	2000	2001