Grand Bay vs Satsuma

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

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

Satsuma has the higher population (6,784 vs 3,765 in Grand Bay). Satsuma has the higher median household income ($97,550 vs $62,318 in Grand Bay). Satsuma has the higher median home value ($199,800 vs $143,800 in Grand Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Bay	Satsuma
Population	3,765	6,784
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,318	$97,550
Median home value	$143,800	$199,800
Median gross rent	$963	$1,224
Housing units	1,932	2,641
Homeownership rate	79.6%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Bay	Satsuma
Population	3,897 → 3,765 (-3.4%)	6,159 → 6,784 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$69,960 → $62,318 (-10.9%)	$64,348 → $97,550 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $143,800 (+11.2%)	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $963 (+12.5%)	$885 → $1,224 (+38.3%)

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

Satsuma

Population

6,1596,784

Median household income

$64,348$97,550

Median home value

$155,800$199,800

Median gross rent

$885$1,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Bay	Satsuma
Under 5	9.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.3%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.3%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Bay	Satsuma
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	83.8%
Black or African American	13.9%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.6%
Asian	1.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Bay	Satsuma
No high school diploma	15.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	44.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Bay	Satsuma
Drove alone	91.6%	88.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Bay	Satsuma
1-unit, detached	73.7%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Bay	Satsuma
Poverty rate	2.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	47	25
Median year structure built	1983	1979