What is the population of Daphne city?

Daphne city has 28,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Daphne city?

Median household income in Daphne city is $86,479 a year, 10.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Daphne city?

Median gross rent is $1,337 a month and the median home value is $309,700, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.

Is Daphne city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Daphne city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Daphne, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Daphne, Alabama (Daphne, AL — Census place “Daphne city”) is 28,673 residents, ranking #20 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $86,479, the median home is worth $309,700 and median gross rent runs $1,337 a month. Looking for the Daphne Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Daphne, AL: 36526.

Population: 28,673Daphne city residents
Median household income: $86,479Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $309,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,337Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.7%Owner-occupied households

Daphne ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Daphne.

The Daphne AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

36526

What the numbers mean in Daphne city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Daphne city median would spend about 18.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.7% of residents and 73.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Daphne city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Daphne city is a small city in Alabama, with 28,673 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #20 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 39.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Daphne city earn a median of $86,479 a year, 10.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 55% above the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Daphne city is valued at $309,700, 2.1% above the national figure and 96% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,337 a month, 4.9% below the national figure, or roughly $16,044 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Daphne city?: Daphne city has 28,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #20 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Daphne city?: Median household income in Daphne city is $86,479 a year, 10.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Daphne city?: Median gross rent is $1,337 a month and the median home value is $309,700, so rent absorbs about 18.6% of median household income.
Is Daphne city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Daphne city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Daphne city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.