Coaling vs Holt

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

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

Holt has the higher population (3,540 vs 2,253 in Coaling). Coaling has the higher median household income ($83,587 vs $46,379 in Holt). Coaling has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $109,300 in Holt).

Population, income & housing

	Coaling	Holt
Population	2,253	3,540
Median age	32.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,587	$46,379
Median home value	$215,000	$109,300
Median gross rent	$907	$1,014
Housing units	735	1,259
Homeownership rate	89.8%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coaling	Holt
Population	1,417 → 2,253 (+59.0%)	3,952 → 3,540 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$70,388 → $83,587 (+18.8%)	$30,000 → $46,379 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $215,000 (+36.0%)	$67,500 → $109,300 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $907 (-12.5%)	$591 → $1,014 (+71.6%)

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

Holt

Population

3,9523,540

Median household income

$30,000$46,379

Median home value

$67,500$109,300

Median gross rent

$591$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coaling	Holt
Under 5	5.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	13.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.2%
75 and over	1.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coaling	Holt
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	26.1%
Black or African American	9.5%	51.2%
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%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coaling	Holt
No high school diploma	6.9%	20.8%
High school graduate	36.3%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coaling	Holt
Drove alone	81.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coaling	Holt
1-unit, detached	73.9%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.6%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Coaling	Holt
Poverty rate	7.9%	18.8%
Average household size	3.32	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1997	1964