Brookwood vs Coaling

A side-by-side comparison of Brookwood and Coaling: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookwood has the higher population (2,489 vs 2,253 in Coaling). Coaling has the higher median household income ($83,587 vs $79,297 in Brookwood). Coaling has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $181,900 in Brookwood).

Population, income & housing

	Brookwood	Coaling
Population	2,489	2,253
Median age	33.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,297	$83,587
Median home value	$181,900	$215,000
Median gross rent	$1,140	$907
Housing units	1,064	735
Homeownership rate	90.1%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookwood	Coaling
Population	2,139 → 2,489 (+16.4%)	1,417 → 2,253 (+59.0%)
Median household income	$64,226 → $79,297 (+23.5%)	$70,388 → $83,587 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$135,500 → $181,900 (+34.2%)	$158,100 → $215,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,140 (+5.6%)	$1,036 → $907 (-12.5%)

Brookwood

Population

2,1392,489

Median household income

$64,226$79,297

Median home value

$135,500$181,900

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,140

Coaling

Population

1,4172,253

Median household income

$70,388$83,587

Median home value

$158,100$215,000

Median gross rent

$1,036$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookwood	Coaling
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	21.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	12.6%
25 to 34	22.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	4.8%	5.0%
75 and over	3.4%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookwood	Coaling
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	77.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookwood	Coaling
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookwood	Coaling
Drove alone	90.2%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookwood	Coaling
1-unit, detached	83.0%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.5%
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	15.6%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Brookwood	Coaling
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.57	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	2001	1997