Jacksonville vs West End-Cobb Town

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

Jacksonville 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.

Jacksonville has the higher population (14,345 vs 3,705 in West End-Cobb Town). West End-Cobb Town has the higher median household income ($55,603 vs $47,146 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $84,600 in West End-Cobb Town).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	West End-Cobb Town
Population	14,345	3,705
Median age	26.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,146	$55,603
Median home value	$179,600	$84,600
Median gross rent	$794	$725
Housing units	5,829	1,618
Homeownership rate	50.7%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	West End-Cobb Town
Population	12,651 → 14,345 (+13.4%)	3,274 → 3,705 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$41,268 → $47,146 (+14.2%)	$30,083 → $55,603 (+84.8%)
Median home value	$147,900 → $179,600 (+21.4%)	$66,400 → $84,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $794 (+23.3%)	$631 → $725 (+14.9%)

Jacksonville

Population

12,65114,345

Median household income

$41,268$47,146

Median home value

$147,900$179,600

Median gross rent

$644$794

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)

	Jacksonville	West End-Cobb Town
Under 5	3.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	33.2%	18.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	6.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.3%
75 and over	5.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	West End-Cobb Town
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	68.2%
Black or African American	22.0%	23.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	West End-Cobb Town
No high school diploma	9.9%	15.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	West End-Cobb Town
Drove alone	86.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	West End-Cobb Town
1-unit, detached	59.2%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	West End-Cobb Town
Poverty rate	27.6%	23.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1988	1968