Coaling vs Cottondale

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

Coaling 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 2,253 in Coaling). Coaling has the higher median household income ($83,587 vs $44,250 in Cottondale). Coaling has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $118,600 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Coaling	Cottondale
Population	2,253	2,850
Median age	32.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,587	$44,250
Median home value	$215,000	$118,600
Median gross rent	$907	$904
Housing units	735	1,634
Homeownership rate	89.8%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coaling	Cottondale
Population	1,417 → 2,253 (+59.0%)	3,136 → 2,850 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$70,388 → $83,587 (+18.8%)	$55,603 → $44,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $215,000 (+36.0%)	$117,000 → $118,600 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $907 (-12.5%)	$823 → $904 (+9.8%)

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

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)

	Coaling	Cottondale
Under 5	5.6%	0.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	21.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	5.0%	10.0%
75 and over	1.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coaling	Cottondale
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	46.3%
Black or African American	9.5%	46.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coaling	Cottondale
No high school diploma	6.9%	16.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coaling	Cottondale
Drove alone	81.7%	89.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coaling	Cottondale
1-unit, detached	73.9%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	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	25.6%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Coaling	Cottondale
Poverty rate	7.9%	27.3%
Average household size	3.32	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	34	22
Median year structure built	1997	1982