Grand Bay vs Theodore

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

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

Theodore has the higher population (4,950 vs 3,765 in Grand Bay). Grand Bay has the higher median household income ($62,318 vs $60,764 in Theodore). Theodore has the higher median home value ($151,800 vs $143,800 in Grand Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Bay	Theodore
Population	3,765	4,950
Median age	40.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,318	$60,764
Median home value	$143,800	$151,800
Median gross rent	$963	$1,222
Housing units	1,932	2,486
Homeownership rate	79.6%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Bay	Theodore
Population	3,897 → 3,765 (-3.4%)	6,334 → 4,950 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$69,960 → $62,318 (-10.9%)	$53,589 → $60,764 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $143,800 (+11.2%)	$114,600 → $151,800 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $963 (+12.5%)	$919 → $1,222 (+33.0%)

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

Theodore

Population

6,3344,950

Median household income

$53,589$60,764

Median home value

$114,600$151,800

Median gross rent

$919$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Bay	Theodore
Under 5	9.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	16.3%	19.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.5%
75 and over	6.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Bay	Theodore
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	66.1%
Black or African American	13.9%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	1.7%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Bay	Theodore
No high school diploma	15.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	44.8%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Bay	Theodore
Drove alone	91.6%	91.3%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Bay	Theodore
1-unit, detached	73.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Grand Bay	Theodore
Poverty rate	2.8%	25.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	47	25
Median year structure built	1983	1988