Creola vs Dauphin Island

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

Creola and Dauphin Island are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Creola has the higher population (2,489 vs 1,944 in Dauphin Island). Creola has the higher median household income ($68,594 vs $64,615 in Dauphin Island). Dauphin Island has the higher median home value ($387,400 vs $187,500 in Creola).

Population, income & housing

	Creola	Dauphin Island
Population	2,489	1,944
Median age	34.5 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,594	$64,615
Median home value	$187,500	$387,400
Median gross rent	$1,042	$1,750
Housing units	819	2,283
Homeownership rate	85.1%	97.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creola	Dauphin Island
Population	1,871 → 2,489 (+33.0%)	1,324 → 1,944 (+46.8%)
Median household income	$45,673 → $68,594 (+50.2%)	$87,596 → $64,615 (-26.2%)
Median home value	$135,300 → $187,500 (+38.6%)	$257,600 → $387,400 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $1,042 (+40.4%)	$1,111 → $1,750 (+57.5%)

Creola

Population

1,8712,489

Median household income

$45,673$68,594

Median home value

$135,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$742$1,042

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)

	Creola	Dauphin Island
Under 5	8.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	4.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	24.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	20.9%
75 and over	6.1%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creola	Dauphin Island
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	12.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creola	Dauphin Island
No high school diploma	16.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creola	Dauphin Island
Drove alone	93.6%	72.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	1.4%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creola	Dauphin Island
1-unit, detached	81.0%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Creola	Dauphin Island
Poverty rate	23.9%	3.2%
Average household size	3.12	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1980	1993