Cottondale vs Northport

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

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

Northport has the higher population (30,991 vs 2,850 in Cottondale). Northport has the higher median household income ($77,781 vs $44,250 in Cottondale). Northport has the higher median home value ($258,800 vs $118,600 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Northport
Population	2,850	30,991
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,250	$77,781
Median home value	$118,600	$258,800
Median gross rent	$904	$954
Housing units	1,634	13,196
Homeownership rate	79.4%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Northport
Population	3,136 → 2,850 (-9.1%)	25,874 → 30,991 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$55,603 → $44,250 (-20.4%)	$59,836 → $77,781 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $118,600 (+1.4%)	$177,200 → $258,800 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $904 (+9.8%)	$824 → $954 (+15.8%)

Cottondale

Population

3,1362,850

Median household income

$55,603$44,250

Median home value

$117,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$823$904

Northport

Population

25,87430,991

Median household income

$59,836$77,781

Median home value

$177,200$258,800

Median gross rent

$824$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottondale	Northport
Under 5	0.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	21.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.3%
75 and over	4.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Northport
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	66.2%
Black or African American	46.6%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Northport
No high school diploma	16.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Northport
Drove alone	89.5%	85.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.9%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Northport
1-unit, detached	46.3%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	16.5%
20 or more units	15.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Northport
Poverty rate	27.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1982	1992