Coats Bend vs Sardis City

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

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

Sardis City has the higher population (1,805 vs 1,429 in Coats Bend). Sardis City has the higher median household income ($59,632 vs $52,089 in Coats Bend). Sardis City has the higher median home value ($207,300 vs $147,100 in Coats Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Coats Bend	Sardis City
Population	1,429	1,805
Median age	34.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,089	$59,632
Median home value	$147,100	$207,300
Median gross rent	—	$830
Housing units	567	763
Homeownership rate	95.9%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coats Bend	Sardis City
Population	1,358 → 1,429 (+5.2%)	1,742 → 1,805 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $52,089 (+19.1%)	$59,643 → $59,632 (-0.0%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $147,100 (+43.0%)	$149,000 → $207,300 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $803 (+14.7%)	$741 → $830 (+12.0%)

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

Sardis City

Population

1,7421,805

Median household income

$59,643$59,632

Median home value

$149,000$207,300

Median gross rent

$741$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coats Bend	Sardis City
Under 5	10.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	26.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	16.7%
55 to 64	4.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.4%
75 and over	7.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coats Bend	Sardis City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.3%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coats Bend	Sardis City
No high school diploma	17.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	43.8%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coats Bend	Sardis City
Drove alone	100.0%	92.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coats Bend	Sardis City
1-unit, detached	63.7%	98.8%
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	36.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Coats Bend	Sardis City
Poverty rate	25.8%	11.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1990	1985