Citronelle vs Grand Bay

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

Citronelle and Grand Bay 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 3,765 in Grand Bay). Grand Bay has the higher median household income ($62,318 vs $48,926 in Citronelle). Citronelle has the higher median home value ($164,800 vs $143,800 in Grand Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Citronelle	Grand Bay
Population	3,918	3,765
Median age	43.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,926	$62,318
Median home value	$164,800	$143,800
Median gross rent	$701	$963
Housing units	1,676	1,932
Homeownership rate	68.7%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citronelle	Grand Bay
Population	3,893 → 3,918 (+0.6%)	3,897 → 3,765 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$41,299 → $48,926 (+18.5%)	$69,960 → $62,318 (-10.9%)
Median home value	$104,000 → $164,800 (+58.5%)	$129,300 → $143,800 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $701 (-11.8%)	$856 → $963 (+12.5%)

Citronelle

Population

3,8933,918

Median household income

$41,299$48,926

Median home value

$104,000$164,800

Median gross rent

$795$701

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)

	Citronelle	Grand Bay
Under 5	3.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citronelle	Grand Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	75.1%
Black or African American	20.2%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	1.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citronelle	Grand Bay
No high school diploma	9.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	49.4%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citronelle	Grand Bay
Drove alone	87.8%	91.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	5.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citronelle	Grand Bay
1-unit, detached	83.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Citronelle	Grand Bay
Poverty rate	21.0%	2.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	36	47
Median year structure built	1979	1983