Axis vs Bayou La Batre

A side-by-side comparison of Axis and Bayou La Batre: population, income, housing, and more.

Axis and Bayou La Batre are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bayou La Batre has the higher population (1,977 vs 243 in Axis). Axis has the higher median household income ($86,111 vs $40,667 in Bayou La Batre). Axis has the higher median home value ($183,800 vs $87,500 in Bayou La Batre).

Population, income & housing

	Axis	Bayou La Batre
Population	243	1,977
Median age	59.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,111	$40,667
Median home value	$183,800	$87,500
Median gross rent	—	$856
Housing units	102	863
Homeownership rate	100.0%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Axis	Bayou La Batre
Population	1,180 → 243 (-79.4%)	2,543 → 1,977 (-22.3%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $86,111 (+49.2%)	$44,554 → $40,667 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $183,800 (+49.6%)	$75,200 → $87,500 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $856 (+18.1%)

Axis

Population

1,180243

Median household income

$57,734$86,111

Median home value

$122,900$183,800

Bayou La Batre

Population

2,5431,977

Median household income

$44,554$40,667

Median home value

$75,200$87,500

Median gross rent

$725$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Axis	Bayou La Batre
Under 5	2.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	40.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.7%
75 and over	18.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Axis	Bayou La Batre
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	58.4%
Black or African American	5.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	24.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Axis	Bayou La Batre
No high school diploma	25.2%	36.3%
High school graduate	43.2%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Axis	Bayou La Batre
Drove alone	100.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Axis	Bayou La Batre
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Axis	Bayou La Batre
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1988	1982