Cottondale vs Vance

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

Cottondale and Vance 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 1,822 in Vance). Vance has the higher median household income ($76,654 vs $44,250 in Cottondale). Vance has the higher median home value ($208,600 vs $118,600 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Vance
Population	2,850	1,822
Median age	45.2 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,250	$76,654
Median home value	$118,600	$208,600
Median gross rent	$904	$1,094
Housing units	1,634	671
Homeownership rate	79.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Vance
Population	3,136 → 2,850 (-9.1%)	1,519 → 1,822 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$55,603 → $44,250 (-20.4%)	$72,031 → $76,654 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$117,000 → $118,600 (+1.4%)	$135,800 → $208,600 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $904 (+9.8%)	$985 → $1,094 (+11.1%)

Cottondale

Population

3,1362,850

Median household income

$55,603$44,250

Median home value

$117,000$118,600

Median gross rent

$823$904

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)

	Cottondale	Vance
Under 5	0.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	20.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	21.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	4.6%
75 and over	4.7%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Vance
White (non-Hispanic)	46.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	46.6%	10.6%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Vance
No high school diploma	16.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	36.9%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Vance
Drove alone	89.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Vance
1-unit, detached	46.3%	85.8%
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%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Vance
Poverty rate	27.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.18	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1982	2004