Belle Fontaine vs Gulfcrest

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

Belle Fontaine and Gulfcrest 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 105 in Gulfcrest). Belle Fontaine has the higher median household income ($100,144 vs $63,875 in Gulfcrest). Since 2019, Belle Fontaine's population has grown faster (+51.2% vs -59.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Fontaine	Gulfcrest
Population	853	105
Median age	44.6 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,144	$63,875
Median home value	$180,200	—
Housing units	326	39
Homeownership rate	59.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Fontaine	Gulfcrest
Population	564 → 853 (+51.2%)	259 → 105 (-59.5%)
Median household income	$53,807 → $100,144 (+86.1%)	$31,250 → $63,875 (+104.4%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $180,200 (+53.8%)	$136,300 → $149,200 (+9.5%)

Belle Fontaine

Population

564853

Median household income

$53,807$100,144

Median home value

$117,200$180,200

Gulfcrest

Population

259105

Median household income

$31,250$63,875

Median home value

$136,300$149,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Gulfcrest
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	30.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	40.0%
55 to 64	21.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	0.0%
75 and over	1.1%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Gulfcrest
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Fontaine	Gulfcrest
No high school diploma	12.4%	42.5%
High school graduate	48.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Gulfcrest
1-unit, detached	72.7%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
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	26.1%	38.5%

Poverty & households

	Belle Fontaine	Gulfcrest
Poverty rate	10.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1989	1947