Orange Beach vs Spanish Fort

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

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

Spanish Fort has the higher population (10,377 vs 8,244 in Orange Beach). Spanish Fort has the higher median household income ($101,574 vs $89,034 in Orange Beach). Orange Beach has the higher median home value ($476,000 vs $314,000 in Spanish Fort).

Population, income & housing

	Orange Beach	Spanish Fort
Population	8,244	10,377
Median age	51.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,034	$101,574
Median home value	$476,000	$314,000
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,246
Housing units	15,075	4,338
Homeownership rate	63.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange Beach	Spanish Fort
Population	6,019 → 8,244 (+37.0%)	8,601 → 10,377 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$81,883 → $89,034 (+8.7%)	$83,913 → $101,574 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$297,800 → $476,000 (+59.8%)	$242,600 → $314,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,339 (+19.9%)	$1,172 → $1,246 (+6.3%)

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

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)

	Orange Beach	Spanish Fort
Under 5	2.7%	11.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.6%
65 to 74	18.7%	11.2%
75 and over	9.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange Beach	Spanish Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	4.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange Beach	Spanish Fort
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange Beach	Spanish Fort
Drove alone	70.9%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange Beach	Spanish Fort
1-unit, detached	23.7%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	60.8%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Orange Beach	Spanish Fort
Poverty rate	5.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.09	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	2000	1999