Grand Bay vs Semmes

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

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

Semmes has the higher population (5,404 vs 3,765 in Grand Bay). Semmes has the higher median household income ($66,458 vs $62,318 in Grand Bay). Semmes has the higher median home value ($211,100 vs $143,800 in Grand Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Bay	Semmes
Population	3,765	5,404
Median age	40.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,318	$66,458
Median home value	$143,800	$211,100
Median gross rent	$963	$898
Housing units	1,932	2,635
Homeownership rate	79.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Bay	Semmes
Population	3,897 → 3,765 (-3.4%)	5,284 → 5,404 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$69,960 → $62,318 (-10.9%)	$49,234 → $66,458 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $143,800 (+11.2%)	$150,400 → $211,100 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $963 (+12.5%)	$625 → $898 (+43.7%)

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

Semmes

Population

5,2845,404

Median household income

$49,234$66,458

Median home value

$150,400$211,100

Median gross rent

$625$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Bay	Semmes
Under 5	9.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	18.9%
75 and over	6.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Bay	Semmes
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	78.0%
Black or African American	13.9%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Bay	Semmes
No high school diploma	15.1%	7.7%
High school graduate	44.8%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Bay	Semmes
Drove alone	91.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Bay	Semmes
1-unit, detached	73.7%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Grand Bay	Semmes
Poverty rate	2.8%	15.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	47	25
Median year structure built	1983	1993