Cowarts vs Taylor

A side-by-side comparison of Cowarts and Taylor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Taylor has the higher population (2,916 vs 2,189 in Cowarts). Taylor has the higher median household income ($62,596 vs $57,734 in Cowarts). Cowarts has the higher median home value ($176,100 vs $128,600 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Cowarts	Taylor
Population	2,189	2,916
Median age	38.3 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,734	$62,596
Median home value	$176,100	$128,600
Median gross rent	$814	$1,055
Housing units	909	1,103
Homeownership rate	73.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowarts	Taylor
Population	2,142 → 2,189 (+2.2%)	2,286 → 2,916 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$44,808 → $57,734 (+28.8%)	$45,818 → $62,596 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $176,100 (+68.5%)	$96,100 → $128,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $814 (+25.2%)	$898 → $1,055 (+17.5%)

Cowarts

Population

2,1422,189

Median household income

$44,808$57,734

Median home value

$104,500$176,100

Median gross rent

$650$814

Taylor

Population

2,2862,916

Median household income

$45,818$62,596

Median home value

$96,100$128,600

Median gross rent

$898$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowarts	Taylor
Under 5	9.5%	11.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	21.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.0%
75 and over	9.5%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowarts	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	74.4%
Black or African American	11.6%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowarts	Taylor
No high school diploma	15.9%	19.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowarts	Taylor
Drove alone	86.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	1.8%
Other means	3.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowarts	Taylor
1-unit, detached	72.4%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Cowarts	Taylor
Poverty rate	15.5%	19.9%
Average household size	2.70	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1993	1985