Coaling vs Lake View

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

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

Lake View has the higher population (4,238 vs 2,253 in Coaling). Lake View has the higher median household income ($96,409 vs $83,587 in Coaling). Lake View has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $215,000 in Coaling).

Population, income & housing

	Coaling	Lake View
Population	2,253	4,238
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,587	$96,409
Median home value	$215,000	$285,700
Median gross rent	$907	$1,022
Housing units	735	1,496
Homeownership rate	89.8%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coaling	Lake View
Population	1,417 → 2,253 (+59.0%)	2,452 → 4,238 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$70,388 → $83,587 (+18.8%)	$82,455 → $96,409 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $215,000 (+36.0%)	$208,400 → $285,700 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $907 (-12.5%)	$1,393 → $1,022 (-26.6%)

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

Lake View

Population

2,4524,238

Median household income

$82,455$96,409

Median home value

$208,400$285,700

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coaling	Lake View
Under 5	5.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	12.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	20.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.5%
75 and over	1.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coaling	Lake View
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	60.9%
Black or African American	9.5%	30.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coaling	Lake View
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.3%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coaling	Lake View
Drove alone	81.7%	90.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coaling	Lake View
1-unit, detached	73.9%	99.5%
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%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Coaling	Lake View
Poverty rate	7.9%	3.3%
Average household size	3.32	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1997	2003