Perdido vs Perdido Beach

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

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

Perdido Beach has the higher population (595 vs 515 in Perdido). Perdido Beach has the higher median household income ($71,429 vs $36,983 in Perdido). Perdido Beach has the higher median home value ($309,100 vs $214,800 in Perdido).

Population, income & housing

	Perdido	Perdido Beach
Population	515	595
Median age	48.4 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,983	$71,429
Median home value	$214,800	$309,100
Housing units	249	371
Homeownership rate	86.9%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perdido	Perdido Beach
Population	795 → 515 (-35.2%)	494 → 595 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$43,026 → $36,983 (-14.0%)	$48,750 → $71,429 (+46.5%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $214,800 (+53.3%)	$172,100 → $309,100 (+79.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$920 → $930 (+1.1%)

Perdido

Population

795515

Median household income

$43,026$36,983

Median home value

$140,100$214,800

Perdido Beach

Population

494595

Median household income

$48,750$71,429

Median home value

$172,100$309,100

Median gross rent

$920$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perdido	Perdido Beach
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	6.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	15.7%	24.5%
75 and over	16.3%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perdido	Perdido Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perdido	Perdido Beach
No high school diploma	21.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	37.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perdido	Perdido Beach
Drove alone	70.3%	90.9%
Carpooled	16.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perdido	Perdido Beach
1-unit, detached	61.4%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Perdido	Perdido Beach
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1979	1985