Orange Beach is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 8,347 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Orange Beach is the 86th largest community in Alabama.
Orange Beach home prices are not only among the most expensive in Alabama, but Orange Beach real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Orange Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Orange Beach is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange Beach who work in sales jobs (20.12%), management occupations (14.69%), and food service (8.84%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.18% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Orange Beach has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Orange Beach a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Orange Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Orange Beach is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Orange Beach is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 46.73% of adults in Orange Beach have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in Orange Beach in 2018 was $51,886, which is wealthy relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $207,544 for a family of four. However, Orange Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Orange Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orange Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Orange Beach include Irish, English, German, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Orange Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Spanish.