Cottondale vs Lake View

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

Cottondale 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 2,850 in Cottondale). Lake View has the higher median household income ($96,409 vs $44,250 in Cottondale). Lake View has the higher median home value ($285,700 vs $118,600 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Lake View
Population	2,850	4,238
Median age	45.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,250	$96,409
Median home value	$118,600	$285,700
Median gross rent	$904	$1,022
Housing units	1,634	1,496
Homeownership rate	79.4%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Lake View
Population	3,136 → 2,850 (-9.1%)	2,452 → 4,238 (+72.8%)
Median household income	$55,603 → $44,250 (-20.4%)	$82,455 → $96,409 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $118,600 (+1.4%)	$208,400 → $285,700 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $904 (+9.8%)	$1,393 → $1,022 (-26.6%)

Cottondale

Population

3,1362,850

Median household income

$55,603$44,250

Median home value

$117,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$823$904

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)

	Cottondale	Lake View
Under 5	0.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	20.4%
45 to 54	21.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.5%
75 and over	4.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Lake View
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	60.9%
Black or African American	46.6%	30.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Lake View
No high school diploma	16.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Lake View
Drove alone	89.5%	90.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.6%
Other means	3.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Lake View
1-unit, detached	46.3%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Lake View
Poverty rate	27.3%	3.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1982	2003