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Orange Beach city, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Orange Beach city is a Census city of 8,407 people across 14.72 square miles of land, in Baldwin County. Median household income is $97,736, 67.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 31 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $40.4 m.
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Orange Beach
What Orange Beach is
- Census place typecity
- Land area14.72 sq mi
- Water area1.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land571
- County holding the largest share of its areaBaldwin County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Orange Beach
How many people live in Orange Beach
- Population8,407
- Median age50.6
- Population under 181,216 plus or minus 308
- Share under 1814.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Population 65 and over1,996
- Share 65 and over23.7 percent
- Households3,911
- Family households2,480
- Share of households that are families63.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Orange Beach
Income and work in Orange Beach
- Median household income$97,736
- Per capita income$61,639
- Civilian labor force4,856
- Employed4,670
- Unemployed186 plus or minus 135
- Unemployment rate3.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over6,830
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher40.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.3 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Orange Beach
Housing in Orange Beach
- Housing units14,887
- Occupied units3,911
- Vacant units10,976
- Vacancy rate73.7 percent
- Owner occupied2,640
- Renter occupied1,271 plus or minus 310
- Ownership rate67.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$502,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,576
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.4 percent
- Single family units3,611
- Share single family24.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more11,007
- Share in buildings of two or more73.9 percent
- Mobile homes254 plus or minus 107
- Median year structure built2000
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Orange Beach
How Orange Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,585
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,483 plus or minus 317
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,078 plus or minus 429
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.1 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Drove alone67.6 percent
- Carpooled6.3 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Worked from home22.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Orange Beach
SBA loans in Orange Beach (7(a))
- Approvals31
- Gross approval$40,395,700
- Average approval$1,303,087
- Median approval$500,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,340,400
- Largest approval$4,500,000
- Jobs supported717
- Jobs per approval23.1
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full4
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.7 percent
- Share to franchises9.7 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS18
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Orange Beach
SBA loans in Orange Beach (504)
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$5,551,000
- Average approval$793,000
- Median approval$247,000
- Largest approval$2,257,000
- Jobs supported137
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Baldwin County, not Orange Beach
Baldwin County context, not Orange Beach figures
These are Baldwin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Orange Beach measurements.
- Establishments in Baldwin County6,409
- Employment at those establishments, Baldwin County72,022
- Covered employment, Baldwin County85,118
- Average annual pay, Baldwin County$51,157
- Average weekly wage, Baldwin County$984
- Housing units permitted, Baldwin County3,883
- Of those, single family, Baldwin County3,394
- County product, 2024, Baldwin County$13,446,245,000
- County product change over the prior year, Baldwin County5.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Baldwin County$92,632
Every figure in this section is published for Baldwin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Orange Beach. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Orange Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Orange Beach, Alabama?
8,407, in 3,911 households. Orange Beach city covers 14.72 square miles of land, which is 571 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Orange Beach in?
Baldwin County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Orange Beach?
$97,736. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $502,400. Median gross rent is $1,576 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Orange Beach businesses?
31 7(a) approvals totalling $40.4 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $500,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $5.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Orange Beach, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Orange Beach borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Orange Beach. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Orange Beach figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Baldwin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Orange Beach.
Is zoning published for Orange Beach?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.