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Comparing Orange Beach vs Irondale vs Pike Road

Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Pick 2 to 4 cities and see them side by side.

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Headline numbers

Orange Beach

AL

$2,708

YoY change
Vacancy
70.7%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
32.5%

Irondale

AL

$2,273

YoY change
+6.5%
Vacancy
6.4%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
39.9%

Pike Road

AL

$2,137

YoY change
+3.2%
Vacancy
4.8%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
14.6%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Orange Beach vs Irondale vs Pike Road

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric Orange BeachIrondalePike Road
Median household income $97,736$72,343$117,091
Median age 50.638.335.9
Renter household share 32.5%39.9%14.6%
YoY rent change +6.5%+3.2%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.