Belle Fontaine vs Dauphin Island

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

Belle Fontaine 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 853 in Belle Fontaine). Belle Fontaine has the higher median household income ($100,144 vs $64,615 in Dauphin Island). Dauphin Island has the higher median home value ($387,400 vs $180,200 in Belle Fontaine).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Fontaine	Dauphin Island
Population	853	1,944
Median age	44.6 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,144	$64,615
Median home value	$180,200	$387,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,750
Housing units	326	2,283
Homeownership rate	59.4%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Fontaine	Dauphin Island
Population	564 → 853 (+51.2%)	1,324 → 1,944 (+46.8%)
Median household income	$53,807 → $100,144 (+86.1%)	$87,596 → $64,615 (-26.2%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $180,200 (+53.8%)	$257,600 → $387,400 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,111 → $1,750 (+57.5%)

Belle Fontaine

Population

564853

Median household income

$53,807$100,144

Median home value

$117,200$180,200

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)

	Belle Fontaine	Dauphin Island
Under 5	5.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	9.1%	4.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	21.3%	24.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	20.9%
75 and over	1.1%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Dauphin Island
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Fontaine	Dauphin Island
No high school diploma	12.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	48.1%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Dauphin Island
Drove alone	72.7%	72.2%
Carpooled	19.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Dauphin Island
1-unit, detached	72.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	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	26.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Belle Fontaine	Dauphin Island
Poverty rate	10.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1989	1993