Piedmont vs West End-Cobb Town

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

Piedmont 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.

Piedmont has the higher population (4,749 vs 3,705 in West End-Cobb Town). West End-Cobb Town has the higher median household income ($55,603 vs $41,964 in Piedmont). Piedmont has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $84,600 in West End-Cobb Town).

Population, income & housing

	Piedmont	West End-Cobb Town
Population	4,749	3,705
Median age	39.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,964	$55,603
Median home value	$106,600	$84,600
Median gross rent	$752	$725
Housing units	2,103	1,618
Homeownership rate	62.3%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedmont	West End-Cobb Town
Population	4,611 → 4,749 (+3.0%)	3,274 → 3,705 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$39,074 → $41,964 (+7.4%)	$30,083 → $55,603 (+84.8%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $106,600 (+32.4%)	$66,400 → $84,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $752 (+18.6%)	$631 → $725 (+14.9%)

Piedmont

Population

4,6114,749

Median household income

$39,074$41,964

Median home value

$80,500$106,600

Median gross rent

$634$752

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)

	Piedmont	West End-Cobb Town
Under 5	6.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	18.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	6.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.3%
75 and over	6.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedmont	West End-Cobb Town
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	68.2%
Black or African American	8.6%	23.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piedmont	West End-Cobb Town
No high school diploma	10.9%	15.8%
High school graduate	43.0%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedmont	West End-Cobb Town
Drove alone	79.5%	91.3%
Carpooled	17.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedmont	West End-Cobb Town
1-unit, detached	80.7%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Piedmont	West End-Cobb Town
Poverty rate	16.3%	23.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1962	1968