Coaling vs Vance

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

Coaling and Vance 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 1,822 in Vance). Coaling has the higher median household income ($83,587 vs $76,654 in Vance). Coaling has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $208,600 in Vance).

Population, income & housing

	Coaling	Vance
Population	2,253	1,822
Median age	32.8 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,587	$76,654
Median home value	$215,000	$208,600
Median gross rent	$907	$1,094
Housing units	735	671
Homeownership rate	89.8%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coaling	Vance
Population	1,417 → 2,253 (+59.0%)	1,519 → 1,822 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$70,388 → $83,587 (+18.8%)	$72,031 → $76,654 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$158,100 → $215,000 (+36.0%)	$135,800 → $208,600 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $907 (-12.5%)	$985 → $1,094 (+11.1%)

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

Vance

Population

1,5191,822

Median household income

$72,031$76,654

Median home value

$135,800$208,600

Median gross rent

$985$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coaling	Vance
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	12.6%	20.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	4.6%
75 and over	1.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coaling	Vance
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	85.3%
Black or African American	9.5%	10.6%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coaling	Vance
No high school diploma	6.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coaling	Vance
Drove alone	81.7%	91.2%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coaling	Vance
1-unit, detached	73.9%	85.8%
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%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Coaling	Vance
Poverty rate	7.9%	7.6%
Average household size	3.32	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1997	2004