Grand Bay is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,460 people and three associated neighborhoods, Grand Bay is the 156th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Grand Bay is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.75% of the Grand Bay workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Grand Bay is a town of transportation and shipping workers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Bay who work in management occupations (14.05%), sales jobs (13.13%), and teaching (9.31%). The town 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, Grand Bay has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Grand Bay a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Grand Bay 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. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities. One downside of living in Grand Bay, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.82 minutes every day commuting to work. Grand Bay is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Grand Bay are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.24% of adults in Grand Bay have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Grand Bay in 2022 was $35,288, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,152 for a family of four. However, Grand Bay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grand Bay is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Grand Bay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand Bay residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grand Bay include German, English, Irish, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Grand Bay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
