Robertsdale vs Spanish Fort

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

Robertsdale 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 6,985 in Robertsdale). Spanish Fort has the higher median household income ($101,574 vs $55,707 in Robertsdale). Spanish Fort has the higher median home value ($314,000 vs $198,200 in Robertsdale).

Population, income & housing

	Robertsdale	Spanish Fort
Population	6,985	10,377
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,707	$101,574
Median home value	$198,200	$314,000
Median gross rent	$997	$1,246
Housing units	3,000	4,338
Homeownership rate	67.1%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Robertsdale	Spanish Fort
Population	6,473 → 6,985 (+7.9%)	8,601 → 10,377 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$43,906 → $55,707 (+26.9%)	$83,913 → $101,574 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$134,400 → $198,200 (+47.5%)	$242,600 → $314,000 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $997 (+24.9%)	$1,172 → $1,246 (+6.3%)

Robertsdale

Population

6,4736,985

Median household income

$43,906$55,707

Median home value

$134,400$198,200

Median gross rent

$798$997

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)

	Robertsdale	Spanish Fort
Under 5	4.2%	11.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.2%
75 and over	8.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Robertsdale	Spanish Fort
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	78.2%
Black or African American	16.1%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Robertsdale	Spanish Fort
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	42.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Robertsdale	Spanish Fort
Drove alone	83.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Robertsdale	Spanish Fort
1-unit, detached	68.9%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	16.0%
20 or more units	9.6%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Robertsdale	Spanish Fort
Poverty rate	7.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	2001	1999