Coosada vs Emerald Mountain

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

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

Emerald Mountain has the higher population (3,387 vs 1,060 in Coosada). Emerald Mountain has the higher median household income ($125,341 vs $65,614 in Coosada). Emerald Mountain has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $176,200 in Coosada).

Population, income & housing

	Coosada	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,060	3,387
Median age	47.7 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,614	$125,341
Median home value	$176,200	$294,100
Median gross rent	$793	—
Housing units	498	1,034
Homeownership rate	88.1%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coosada	Emerald Mountain
Population	1,112 → 1,060 (-4.7%)	3,472 → 3,387 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $65,614 (+31.2%)	$87,177 → $125,341 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$153,800 → $176,200 (+14.6%)	$245,700 → $294,100 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $793 (+2.9%)	—

Coosada

Population

1,1121,060

Median household income

$50,000$65,614

Median home value

$153,800$176,200

Median gross rent

$771$793

Emerald Mountain

Population

3,4723,387

Median household income

$87,177$125,341

Median home value

$245,700$294,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coosada	Emerald Mountain
Under 5	5.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	30.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	21.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	3.2%
75 and over	14.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coosada	Emerald Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	77.9%
Black or African American	25.9%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coosada	Emerald Mountain
No high school diploma	16.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	28.9%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coosada	Emerald Mountain
Drove alone	92.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coosada	Emerald Mountain
1-unit, detached	74.3%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Coosada	Emerald Mountain
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.2%
Average household size	2.33	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1992	2004