Chickasaw vs Grand Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Chickasaw and Grand Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Chickasaw and Grand Bay are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chickasaw has the higher population (6,367 vs 3,765 in Grand Bay). Grand Bay has the higher median household income ($62,318 vs $42,854 in Chickasaw). Grand Bay has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $110,300 in Chickasaw).

Population, income & housing

	Chickasaw	Grand Bay
Population	6,367	3,765
Median age	32.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,854	$62,318
Median home value	$110,300	$143,800
Median gross rent	$945	$963
Housing units	2,713	1,932
Homeownership rate	49.8%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chickasaw	Grand Bay
Population	5,817 → 6,367 (+9.5%)	3,897 → 3,765 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$28,611 → $42,854 (+49.8%)	$69,960 → $62,318 (-10.9%)
Median home value	$75,500 → $110,300 (+46.1%)	$129,300 → $143,800 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $945 (+15.8%)	$856 → $963 (+12.5%)

Chickasaw

Population

5,8176,367

Median household income

$28,611$42,854

Median home value

$75,500$110,300

Median gross rent

$816$945

Grand Bay

Population

3,8973,765

Median household income

$69,960$62,318

Median home value

$129,300$143,800

Median gross rent

$856$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chickasaw	Grand Bay
Under 5	7.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.7%
75 and over	4.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chickasaw	Grand Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	75.1%
Black or African American	54.5%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chickasaw	Grand Bay
No high school diploma	11.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	38.9%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chickasaw	Grand Bay
Drove alone	87.1%	91.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chickasaw	Grand Bay
1-unit, detached	76.7%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Chickasaw	Grand Bay
Poverty rate	28.3%	2.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	47
Median year structure built	1963	1983