Bayou La Batre vs Citronelle

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

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

Citronelle has the higher population (3,918 vs 1,977 in Bayou La Batre). Citronelle has the higher median household income ($48,926 vs $40,667 in Bayou La Batre). Citronelle has the higher median home value ($164,800 vs $87,500 in Bayou La Batre).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou La Batre	Citronelle
Population	1,977	3,918
Median age	42.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,667	$48,926
Median home value	$87,500	$164,800
Median gross rent	$856	$701
Housing units	863	1,676
Homeownership rate	51.8%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou La Batre	Citronelle
Population	2,543 → 1,977 (-22.3%)	3,893 → 3,918 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$44,554 → $40,667 (-8.7%)	$41,299 → $48,926 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $87,500 (+16.4%)	$104,000 → $164,800 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $856 (+18.1%)	$795 → $701 (-11.8%)

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

Citronelle

Population

3,8933,918

Median household income

$41,299$48,926

Median home value

$104,000$164,800

Median gross rent

$795$701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayou La Batre	Citronelle
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.5%
75 and over	7.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou La Batre	Citronelle
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	67.2%
Black or African American	4.1%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.4%
Asian	24.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou La Batre	Citronelle
No high school diploma	36.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	28.2%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou La Batre	Citronelle
Drove alone	80.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	12.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou La Batre	Citronelle
1-unit, detached	86.3%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Bayou La Batre	Citronelle
Poverty rate	23.5%	21.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	36
Median year structure built	1982	1979