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Cost of living in Dauphin Island, Alabama

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,844 a month.

Dauphin Island is a town in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $67,206 a year.

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People
1,852
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,844
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$67,206
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$432,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
Not matched
HUD county or town rent

Dauphin Island, Alabama has about 1,852 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $432,200.

We could not match this place to a county, so there is no HUD rent on this page.

Alabama's prices sit at 88.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Dauphin Island's exact store tax.

Some places in Alabama add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.07% of income. That is not a Dauphin Island bill.

In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Dauphin Island's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alabama in the table we use.

Among 290 places we list in Alabama with a rent figure, 3 have higher typical rent than Dauphin Island.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.