Axis vs Dauphin Island

A side-by-side comparison of Axis and Dauphin Island: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dauphin Island has the higher population (1,944 vs 243 in Axis). Axis has the higher median household income ($86,111 vs $64,615 in Dauphin Island). Dauphin Island has the higher median home value ($387,400 vs $183,800 in Axis).

Population, income & housing

	Axis	Dauphin Island
Population	243	1,944
Median age	59.2 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,111	$64,615
Median home value	$183,800	$387,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,750
Housing units	102	2,283
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Axis	Dauphin Island
Population	1,180 → 243 (-79.4%)	1,324 → 1,944 (+46.8%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $86,111 (+49.2%)	$87,596 → $64,615 (-26.2%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $183,800 (+49.6%)	$257,600 → $387,400 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,111 → $1,750 (+57.5%)

Axis

Population

1,180243

Median household income

$57,734$86,111

Median home value

$122,900$183,800

Dauphin Island

Population

1,3241,944

Median household income

$87,596$64,615

Median home value

$257,600$387,400

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Axis	Dauphin Island
Under 5	2.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	5.8%	4.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	4.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	40.3%	24.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	20.9%
75 and over	18.1%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Axis	Dauphin Island
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	5.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Axis	Dauphin Island
No high school diploma	25.2%	3.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Axis	Dauphin Island
Drove alone	100.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Axis	Dauphin Island
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Axis	Dauphin Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1988	1993