Coker vs Cottondale

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

Coker 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 1,152 in Coker). Coker has the higher median household income ($69,931 vs $44,250 in Cottondale). Coker has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $118,600 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Coker	Cottondale
Population	1,152	2,850
Median age	44.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,931	$44,250
Median home value	$203,800	$118,600
Median gross rent	$1,299	$904
Housing units	512	1,634
Homeownership rate	88.1%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coker	Cottondale
Population	687 → 1,152 (+67.7%)	3,136 → 2,850 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$71,932 → $69,931 (-2.8%)	$55,603 → $44,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $203,800 (+17.8%)	$117,000 → $118,600 (+1.4%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $1,299 (+71.8%)	$823 → $904 (+9.8%)

Coker

Population

6871,152

Median household income

$71,932$69,931

Median home value

$173,000$203,800

Median gross rent

$756$1,299

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)

	Coker	Cottondale
Under 5	3.1%	0.6%
5 to 17	20.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	18.3%	21.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.0%
75 and over	8.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coker	Cottondale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	46.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	46.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coker	Cottondale
No high school diploma	5.5%	16.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coker	Cottondale
Drove alone	91.1%	89.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coker	Cottondale
1-unit, detached	85.0%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	15.0%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Coker	Cottondale
Poverty rate	13.3%	27.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1980	1982