Perdido Beach vs Summerdale

A side-by-side comparison of Perdido Beach and Summerdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Summerdale has the higher population (1,589 vs 595 in Perdido Beach). Perdido Beach has the higher median household income ($71,429 vs $67,768 in Summerdale). Perdido Beach has the higher median home value ($309,100 vs $244,900 in Summerdale).

Population, income & housing

	Perdido Beach	Summerdale
Population	595	1,589
Median age	57.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,429	$67,768
Median home value	$309,100	$244,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,038
Housing units	371	691
Homeownership rate	96.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perdido Beach	Summerdale
Population	494 → 595 (+20.4%)	1,135 → 1,589 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $71,429 (+46.5%)	$48,750 → $67,768 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $309,100 (+79.6%)	$173,200 → $244,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $930 (+1.1%)	$821 → $1,038 (+26.4%)

Perdido Beach

Population

494595

Median household income

$48,750$71,429

Median home value

$172,100$309,100

Median gross rent

$920$930

Summerdale

Population

1,1351,589

Median household income

$48,750$67,768

Median home value

$173,200$244,900

Median gross rent

$821$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perdido Beach	Summerdale
Under 5	2.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	9.6%
18 to 24	1.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	7.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	24.5%	15.7%
75 and over	14.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perdido Beach	Summerdale
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perdido Beach	Summerdale
No high school diploma	3.8%	12.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perdido Beach	Summerdale
Drove alone	90.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	1.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	2.9%
Other means	0.8%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perdido Beach	Summerdale
1-unit, detached	85.7%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Perdido Beach	Summerdale
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1985	2002