Gulf Shores, Alabama Neighborhood Info

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Gulf Shores, Alabama QuickFacts

	Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
Total population	5,044	281,421,906
State	Alabama
City	gulf shores

Gulf Shores, Alabama Population

	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
Male	2,487	49.31%	49.06%
Female	2,557	50.69%	50.94%
Median age (years)	46.3		35.3

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	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
18 years and over	4,216	83.58%	74.31%
21 years and over	4,083	80.95%	69.97%
62 years and over	1,356	26.88%	14.66%
65 years and over	1,164	23.08%	12.43%

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	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
White	4,920	97.54%	75.14%
Black or African American	11	0.22%	12.32%
Asian	15	0.3%	3.64%
Some other race	44	0.87%	5.46%
Two or more races	54	1.07%	2.43%

Gulf Shores, Alabama Housing

	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
Total households	2,344		105,480,101
Family households (families)	1,545	65.91%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	799	34.09%	31.94%

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	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
Total housing units	6,847		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	4,466	65.23%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	2,344	34.23%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	1,702	24.86%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	642	9.38%	30.77%

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	Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	0	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	180	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	328	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	271	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	299	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	230	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	51	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	177,200	119,600

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	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	738	31.48%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	799	34.09%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	372	15.87%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	382	16.3%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	88	3.75%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	18	0.77%	9.65%

Gulf Shores, Alabama Education

	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	976		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	47	4.82%	6.47%
Kindergarten	52	5.33%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	514	52.66%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	184	18.85%	21.38%
College or graduate school	179	18.34%	22.81%

Gulf Shores, Alabama Economy

	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
Population 16 years and over	4,355		217,168,077
In labor force	2,501	57.43%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,501	57.43%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,422	55.61%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	79	1.81%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	3.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	1,854	42.57%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,299	52.79%	51.66%
In labor force	1,144	26.27%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,144	26.27%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,083	24.87%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	213	4.89%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	150		12,787,501

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	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,366		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	178	7.52%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	183	7.73%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	356	15.05%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	248	10.48%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	369	15.6%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	540	22.82%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	246	10.4%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	142	6.0%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	63	2.66%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	41	1.73%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	41,826		41,994

	Gulf Shores, Alabama	%, Gulf Shores, Alabama	United States
With earnings	1,646	37.8%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	51,330		56,604
With Social Security income	916	21.03%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	12,595		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	33	0.76%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	9,827		6,320
With public assistance income	21	0.48%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,933		3,032
With retirement income	636	14.6%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	22,838		17,376

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