Saks vs West End-Cobb Town

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

Saks 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.

Saks has the higher population (10,727 vs 3,705 in West End-Cobb Town). West End-Cobb Town has the higher median household income ($55,603 vs $50,529 in Saks). Saks has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $84,600 in West End-Cobb Town).

Population, income & housing

	Saks	West End-Cobb Town
Population	10,727	3,705
Median age	39.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,529	$55,603
Median home value	$113,400	$84,600
Median gross rent	$898	$725
Housing units	4,932	1,618
Homeownership rate	73.7%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saks	West End-Cobb Town
Population	10,645 → 10,727 (+0.8%)	3,274 → 3,705 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$39,336 → $50,529 (+28.5%)	$30,083 → $55,603 (+84.8%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $113,400 (+15.5%)	$66,400 → $84,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $898 (+31.7%)	$631 → $725 (+14.9%)

Saks

Population

10,64510,727

Median household income

$39,336$50,529

Median home value

$98,200$113,400

Median gross rent

$682$898

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)

	Saks	West End-Cobb Town
Under 5	4.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	18.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	6.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.3%
75 and over	3.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saks	West End-Cobb Town
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	68.2%
Black or African American	35.4%	23.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saks	West End-Cobb Town
No high school diploma	17.9%	15.8%
High school graduate	34.4%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saks	West End-Cobb Town
Drove alone	83.4%	91.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.9%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saks	West End-Cobb Town
1-unit, detached	83.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Saks	West End-Cobb Town
Poverty rate	15.0%	23.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1975	1968