Altoona vs Coats Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Altoona and Coats Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coats Bend has the higher population (1,429 vs 1,211 in Altoona). Coats Bend has the higher median household income ($52,089 vs $36,694 in Altoona). Coats Bend has the higher median home value ($147,100 vs $137,500 in Altoona).

Population, income & housing

	Altoona	Coats Bend
Population	1,211	1,429
Median age	41.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,694	$52,089
Median home value	$137,500	$147,100
Median gross rent	$389	—
Housing units	557	567
Homeownership rate	60.7%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altoona	Coats Bend
Population	883 → 1,211 (+37.1%)	1,358 → 1,429 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $36,694 (+14.7%)	$43,750 → $52,089 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $137,500 (+65.1%)	$102,900 → $147,100 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$299 → $389 (+30.1%)	$700 → $803 (+14.7%)

Altoona

Population

8831,211

Median household income

$32,000$36,694

Median home value

$83,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$299$389

Coats Bend

Population

1,3581,429

Median household income

$43,750$52,089

Median home value

$102,900$147,100

Median gross rent

$700$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altoona	Coats Bend
Under 5	5.0%	10.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	26.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	22.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	4.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.0%
75 and over	6.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altoona	Coats Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altoona	Coats Bend
No high school diploma	15.0%	17.4%
High school graduate	51.3%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altoona	Coats Bend
Drove alone	93.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altoona	Coats Bend
1-unit, detached	62.1%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	36.3%

Poverty & households

	Altoona	Coats Bend
Poverty rate	24.4%	25.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1975	1990