Creola vs Grand Bay

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

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

Grand Bay has the higher population (3,765 vs 2,489 in Creola). Creola has the higher median household income ($68,594 vs $62,318 in Grand Bay). Creola has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $143,800 in Grand Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Creola	Grand Bay
Population	2,489	3,765
Median age	34.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,594	$62,318
Median home value	$187,500	$143,800
Median gross rent	$1,042	$963
Housing units	819	1,932
Homeownership rate	85.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creola	Grand Bay
Population	1,871 → 2,489 (+33.0%)	3,897 → 3,765 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$45,673 → $68,594 (+50.2%)	$69,960 → $62,318 (-10.9%)
Median home value	$135,300 → $187,500 (+38.6%)	$129,300 → $143,800 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $1,042 (+40.4%)	$856 → $963 (+12.5%)

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

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)

	Creola	Grand Bay
Under 5	8.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	23.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.7%
75 and over	6.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creola	Grand Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	75.1%
Black or African American	12.4%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
Asian	0.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creola	Grand Bay
No high school diploma	16.5%	15.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creola	Grand Bay
Drove alone	93.6%	91.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creola	Grand Bay
1-unit, detached	81.0%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Creola	Grand Bay
Poverty rate	23.9%	2.8%
Average household size	3.12	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	47
Median year structure built	1980	1983