Coosada vs Elmore

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

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

Elmore has the higher population (1,482 vs 1,060 in Coosada). Coosada has the higher median household income ($65,614 vs $33,958 in Elmore). Coosada has the higher median home value ($176,200 vs $97,000 in Elmore).

Population, income & housing

	Coosada	Elmore
Population	1,060	1,482
Median age	47.7 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,614	$33,958
Median home value	$176,200	$97,000
Median gross rent	$793	$986
Housing units	498	608
Homeownership rate	88.1%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coosada	Elmore
Population	1,112 → 1,060 (-4.7%)	1,137 → 1,482 (+30.3%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $65,614 (+31.2%)	$32,386 → $33,958 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $176,200 (+14.6%)	$63,100 → $97,000 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $793 (+2.9%)	$826 → $986 (+19.4%)

Coosada

Population

1,1121,060

Median household income

$50,000$65,614

Median home value

$153,800$176,200

Median gross rent

$771$793

Elmore

Population

1,1371,482

Median household income

$32,386$33,958

Median home value

$63,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$826$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coosada	Elmore
Under 5	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	17.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	6.1%
55 to 64	18.7%	7.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	4.3%
75 and over	14.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coosada	Elmore
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	68.8%
Black or African American	25.9%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coosada	Elmore
No high school diploma	16.2%	25.5%
High school graduate	28.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coosada	Elmore
Drove alone	92.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coosada	Elmore
1-unit, detached	74.3%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	55.1%

Poverty & households

	Coosada	Elmore
Poverty rate	9.7%	38.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1992	1989