Bayou La Batre vs Dauphin Island

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

Bayou La Batre and Dauphin Island 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 1,944 in Dauphin Island). Dauphin Island has the higher median household income ($64,615 vs $40,667 in Bayou La Batre). Dauphin Island has the higher median home value ($387,400 vs $87,500 in Bayou La Batre).

Population, income & housing

	Bayou La Batre	Dauphin Island
Population	1,977	1,944
Median age	42.0 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,667	$64,615
Median home value	$87,500	$387,400
Median gross rent	$856	$1,750
Housing units	863	2,283
Homeownership rate	51.8%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayou La Batre	Dauphin Island
Population	2,543 → 1,977 (-22.3%)	1,324 → 1,944 (+46.8%)
Median household income	$44,554 → $40,667 (-8.7%)	$87,596 → $64,615 (-26.2%)
Median home value	$75,200 → $87,500 (+16.4%)	$257,600 → $387,400 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $856 (+18.1%)	$1,111 → $1,750 (+57.5%)

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

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)

	Bayou La Batre	Dauphin Island
Under 5	5.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	4.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	24.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	20.9%
75 and over	7.0%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayou La Batre	Dauphin Island
White (non-Hispanic)	58.4%	91.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.5%
Asian	24.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayou La Batre	Dauphin Island
No high school diploma	36.3%	3.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayou La Batre	Dauphin Island
Drove alone	80.7%	72.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	6.6%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayou La Batre	Dauphin Island
1-unit, detached	86.3%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bayou La Batre	Dauphin Island
Poverty rate	23.5%	3.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1982	1993