Brookwood vs Cottondale

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

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

Cottondale has the higher population (2,850 vs 2,489 in Brookwood). Brookwood has the higher median household income ($79,297 vs $44,250 in Cottondale). Brookwood has the higher median home value ($181,900 vs $118,600 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Brookwood	Cottondale
Population	2,489	2,850
Median age	33.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,297	$44,250
Median home value	$181,900	$118,600
Median gross rent	$1,140	$904
Housing units	1,064	1,634
Homeownership rate	90.1%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookwood	Cottondale
Population	2,139 → 2,489 (+16.4%)	3,136 → 2,850 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$64,226 → $79,297 (+23.5%)	$55,603 → $44,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$135,500 → $181,900 (+34.2%)	$117,000 → $118,600 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,140 (+5.6%)	$823 → $904 (+9.8%)

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

Cottondale

Population

3,1362,850

Median household income

$55,603$44,250

Median home value

$117,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$823$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookwood	Cottondale
Under 5	4.5%	0.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	22.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	21.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.0%
75 and over	3.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookwood	Cottondale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	46.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	46.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookwood	Cottondale
No high school diploma	10.4%	16.0%
High school graduate	29.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookwood	Cottondale
Drove alone	90.2%	89.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookwood	Cottondale
1-unit, detached	83.0%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookwood	Cottondale
Poverty rate	7.0%	27.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	2001	1982