Coaling vs Coker

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

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

Coaling has the higher population (2,253 vs 1,152 in Coker). Coaling has the higher median household income ($83,587 vs $69,931 in Coker). Coaling has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $203,800 in Coker).

Population, income & housing

	Coaling	Coker
Population	2,253	1,152
Median age	32.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,587	$69,931
Median home value	$215,000	$203,800
Median gross rent	$907	$1,299
Housing units	735	512
Homeownership rate	89.8%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coaling	Coker
Population	1,417 → 2,253 (+59.0%)	687 → 1,152 (+67.7%)
Median household income	$70,388 → $83,587 (+18.8%)	$71,932 → $69,931 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $215,000 (+36.0%)	$173,000 → $203,800 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $907 (-12.5%)	$756 → $1,299 (+71.8%)

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

Coker

Population

6871,152

Median household income

$71,932$69,931

Median home value

$173,000$203,800

Median gross rent

$756$1,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coaling	Coker
Under 5	5.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	18.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	10.2%
75 and over	1.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coaling	Coker
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	86.9%
Black or African American	9.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coaling	Coker
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	36.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coaling	Coker
Drove alone	81.7%	91.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coaling	Coker
1-unit, detached	73.9%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	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	25.6%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Coaling	Coker
Poverty rate	7.9%	13.3%
Average household size	3.32	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1997	1980