Cottondale vs Holt

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

Cottondale 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 2,850 in Cottondale). Holt has the higher median household income ($46,379 vs $44,250 in Cottondale). Cottondale has the higher median home value ($118,600 vs $109,300 in Holt).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Holt
Population	2,850	3,540
Median age	45.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,250	$46,379
Median home value	$118,600	$109,300
Median gross rent	$904	$1,014
Housing units	1,634	1,259
Homeownership rate	79.4%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Holt
Population	3,136 → 2,850 (-9.1%)	3,952 → 3,540 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$55,603 → $44,250 (-20.4%)	$30,000 → $46,379 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $118,600 (+1.4%)	$67,500 → $109,300 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $904 (+9.8%)	$591 → $1,014 (+71.6%)

Cottondale

Population

3,1362,850

Median household income

$55,603$44,250

Median home value

$117,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$823$904

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)

	Cottondale	Holt
Under 5	0.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	13.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	21.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.2%
75 and over	4.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Holt
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	26.1%
Black or African American	46.6%	51.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Holt
No high school diploma	16.0%	20.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Holt
Drove alone	89.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Holt
1-unit, detached	46.3%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	15.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Holt
Poverty rate	27.3%	18.8%
Average household size	2.18	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1982	1964