Coffee Springs vs Samson

A side-by-side comparison of Coffee Springs and Samson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Samson has the higher population (1,477 vs 252 in Coffee Springs). Coffee Springs has the higher median household income ($37,917 vs $31,964 in Samson). Samson has the higher median home value ($77,700 vs $72,800 in Coffee Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee Springs	Samson
Population	252	1,477
Median age	43.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$31,964
Median home value	$72,800	$77,700
Median gross rent	$964	$713
Housing units	185	895
Homeownership rate	89.9%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee Springs	Samson
Population	177 → 252 (+42.4%)	1,686 → 1,477 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$32,813 → $37,917 (+15.6%)	$25,250 → $31,964 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $72,800 (-24.9%)	$60,100 → $77,700 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$456 → $713 (+56.4%)

Coffee Springs

Population

177252

Median household income

$32,813$37,917

Median home value

$97,000$72,800

Samson

Population

1,6861,477

Median household income

$25,250$31,964

Median home value

$60,100$77,700

Median gross rent

$456$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffee Springs	Samson
Under 5	1.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	8.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	2.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	32.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	5.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	6.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	20.2%	17.2%
75 and over	12.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee Springs	Samson
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	70.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee Springs	Samson
No high school diploma	9.1%	30.4%
High school graduate	33.6%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee Springs	Samson
Drove alone	75.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	0.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee Springs	Samson
1-unit, detached	76.8%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Coffee Springs	Samson
Poverty rate	10.7%	37.7%
Average household size	1.81	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1965	1969