Ballplay vs Coats Bend

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

Ballplay 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 1,149 in Ballplay). Ballplay has the higher median household income ($60,825 vs $52,089 in Coats Bend). Ballplay has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $147,100 in Coats Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Ballplay	Coats Bend
Population	1,149	1,429
Median age	38.9 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,825	$52,089
Median home value	$152,800	$147,100
Housing units	590	567
Homeownership rate	95.4%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballplay	Coats Bend
Population	1,605 → 1,149 (-28.4%)	1,358 → 1,429 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$70,938 → $60,825 (-14.3%)	$43,750 → $52,089 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $152,800 (+111.0%)	$102,900 → $147,100 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $803 (+14.7%)

Ballplay

Population

1,6051,149

Median household income

$70,938$60,825

Median home value

$72,400$152,800

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)

	Ballplay	Coats Bend
Under 5	6.5%	10.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	26.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	5.7%	4.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	13.0%
75 and over	4.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballplay	Coats Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	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	3.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballplay	Coats Bend
No high school diploma	15.7%	17.4%
High school graduate	39.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballplay	Coats Bend
Drove alone	98.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballplay	Coats Bend
1-unit, detached	51.0%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.0%	36.3%

Poverty & households

	Ballplay	Coats Bend
Poverty rate	4.7%	25.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	40	24
Median year structure built	1994	1990