Belle FontaineAL
Population 772: a town in Alabama.
Is Belle Fontaine a good place to live?
Among 188 Alabama towns, just 3 have a higher January low than Belle Fontaine. Belle Fontaine has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Belle Fontaine lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 9% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Belle Fontaine.
Belle Fontaine has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
52% of Belle Fontaine’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 28%. Compared with 92% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is higher.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Belle Fontaine, expect mild winters and hot summers
Its typical July afternoon high stands at 90°F, against 91°F in Alabama’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About half of Belle Fontaine’s working residents commute to Mobile
The share of working residents in Belle Fontaine who work locally is 0.8%, where Alabama’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 8%. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Belle Fontaine dropped by 137, to 209. The town’s average trip to work comes in at 20 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 13 miles away.
| Belle Fontaine | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 16% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Belle Fontaine is
Among adults in Belle Fontaine, 78% had a checkup this year. Of 32 CDC measures, Belle Fontaine beats the Alabama average on 9 and trails it on 1. Two figures for adults locally: 39% have high blood pressure, 35% sleep under 7 hours.
| Belle Fontaine | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 36% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 43% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 40% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Belle Fontaine | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Belle Fontaine
USS Alabama and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Belle Fontaine. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi MuseumUSS Alabama
14 mi MuseumUSS Drum
14 mi MuseumBattleship Memorial Park
19 mi MuseumFort Morgan
25 mi National SeashoreGulf Islands National Seashore7.6M visitors a year
14 mi Stadium & arenaMobile Civic CenterPhoto credits
USS Alabama: USN, Public domain · USS Drum: Jean-Pierre Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Battleship Memorial Park: Rennett Stowe from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Morgan: Altairisfar, Public domain · Gulf Islands National Seashore: National Park Service, Public domain · Mobile Civic Center: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Belle Fontaine: who provides what
Belle Fontaine is unincorporated, so Mobile County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
772 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Belle Fontaine
About 1 of every 100 Belle Fontaine residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Belle Fontaine
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Belle Fontaine (; French: [bɛl fɔ̃ˈtɛn] ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on the western shore of Mobile Bay. It is located south of the city of Mobile, along the stretch of shore between the Deer River and the Fowl River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 613. The Belle Fontaine shoreline experiences the occasional jubilee, a rare phenomenon in which fish and crustaceans swarm in the water, just off the beach.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- Area code
- 251
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