Axis vs Belle Fontaine

A side-by-side comparison of Axis and Belle Fontaine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belle Fontaine has the higher population (853 vs 243 in Axis). Belle Fontaine has the higher median household income ($100,144 vs $86,111 in Axis). Axis has the higher median home value ($183,800 vs $180,200 in Belle Fontaine).

Population, income & housing

	Axis	Belle Fontaine
Population	243	853
Median age	59.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,111	$100,144
Median home value	$183,800	$180,200
Housing units	102	326
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Axis	Belle Fontaine
Population	1,180 → 243 (-79.4%)	564 → 853 (+51.2%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $86,111 (+49.2%)	$53,807 → $100,144 (+86.1%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $183,800 (+49.6%)	$117,200 → $180,200 (+53.8%)

Axis

Population

1,180243

Median household income

$57,734$86,111

Median home value

$122,900$183,800

Belle Fontaine

Population

564853

Median household income

$53,807$100,144

Median home value

$117,200$180,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Axis	Belle Fontaine
Under 5	2.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	5.8%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	40.3%	21.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	14.9%
75 and over	18.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Axis	Belle Fontaine
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	5.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Axis	Belle Fontaine
No high school diploma	25.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	43.2%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Axis	Belle Fontaine
Drove alone	100.0%	72.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Axis	Belle Fontaine
1-unit, detached	100.0%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
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	0.0%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Axis	Belle Fontaine
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1988	1989