Anniston vs West End-Cobb Town

A side-by-side comparison of Anniston and West End-Cobb Town: population, income, housing, and more.

Anniston and West End-Cobb Town are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anniston has the higher population (21,377 vs 3,705 in West End-Cobb Town). West End-Cobb Town has the higher median household income ($55,603 vs $44,806 in Anniston). Anniston has the higher median home value ($141,600 vs $84,600 in West End-Cobb Town).

Population, income & housing

	Anniston	West End-Cobb Town
Population	21,377	3,705
Median age	43.5 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,806	$55,603
Median home value	$141,600	$84,600
Median gross rent	$777	$725
Housing units	11,749	1,618
Homeownership rate	59.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anniston	West End-Cobb Town
Population	21,688 → 21,377 (-1.4%)	3,274 → 3,705 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$36,051 → $44,806 (+24.3%)	$30,083 → $55,603 (+84.8%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $141,600 (+45.1%)	$66,400 → $84,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $777 (+15.6%)	$631 → $725 (+14.9%)

Anniston

Population

21,68821,377

Median household income

$36,051$44,806

Median home value

$97,600$141,600

Median gross rent

$672$777

West End-Cobb Town

Population

3,2743,705

Median household income

$30,083$55,603

Median home value

$66,400$84,600

Median gross rent

$631$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anniston	West End-Cobb Town
Under 5	5.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	18.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.4%	9.3%
75 and over	8.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anniston	West End-Cobb Town
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	68.2%
Black or African American	49.1%	23.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anniston	West End-Cobb Town
No high school diploma	15.4%	15.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anniston	West End-Cobb Town
Drove alone	80.1%	91.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.7%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anniston	West End-Cobb Town
1-unit, detached	74.7%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Anniston	West End-Cobb Town
Poverty rate	20.1%	23.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1966	1968