Blue Ridge vs Coosada

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge and Coosada: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge and Coosada are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blue Ridge has the higher population (1,375 vs 1,060 in Coosada). Blue Ridge has the higher median household income ($124,875 vs $65,614 in Coosada). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($294,500 vs $176,200 in Coosada).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Coosada
Population	1,375	1,060
Median age	54.8 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$124,875	$65,614
Median home value	$294,500	$176,200
Median gross rent	—	$793
Housing units	597	498
Homeownership rate	98.9%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.4%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Coosada
Population	1,490 → 1,375 (-7.7%)	1,112 → 1,060 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$92,250 → $124,875 (+35.4%)	$50,000 → $65,614 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$257,100 → $294,500 (+14.5%)	$153,800 → $176,200 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$771 → $793 (+2.9%)

Blue Ridge

Population

1,4901,375

Median household income

$92,250$124,875

Median home value

$257,100$294,500

Coosada

Population

1,1121,060

Median household income

$50,000$65,614

Median home value

$153,800$176,200

Median gross rent

$771$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Coosada
Under 5	8.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	7.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	18.7%
65 to 74	18.9%	10.9%
75 and over	14.1%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Coosada
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	62.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Coosada
No high school diploma	3.1%	16.2%
High school graduate	13.1%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Coosada
Drove alone	85.5%	92.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	2.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Coosada
1-unit, detached	98.2%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Coosada
Poverty rate	3.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1987	1992