Blount County vs Coffee County

A side-by-side comparison of Blount County and Coffee County: population, income, housing, and more.

Blount County and Coffee County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Blount County has the higher population (59,292 vs 54,231 in Coffee County). Coffee County has the higher median household income ($64,672 vs $61,096 in Blount County). Coffee County has the higher median home value ($180,300 vs $169,700 in Blount County).

Population, income & housing

	Blount County	Coffee County
Population	59,292	54,231
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,096	$64,672
Median home value	$169,700	$180,300
Median gross rent	$743	$970
Housing units	24,793	24,399
Homeownership rate	79.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blount County	Coffee County
Population	57,681 → 59,292 (+2.8%)	51,662 → 54,231 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$49,358 → $61,096 (+23.8%)	$55,637 → $64,672 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $169,700 (+32.8%)	$147,400 → $180,300 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $743 (+11.4%)	$803 → $970 (+20.8%)

Blount County

Population

57,68159,292

Median household income

$49,358$61,096

Median home value

$127,800$169,700

Median gross rent

$667$743

Coffee County

Population

51,66254,231

Median household income

$55,637$64,672

Median home value

$147,400$180,300

Median gross rent

$803$970

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blount County	Coffee County
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.2%
75 and over	7.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blount County	Coffee County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	67.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blount County	Coffee County
No high school diploma	17.3%	14.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blount County	Coffee County
Drove alone	85.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blount County	Coffee County
1-unit, detached	70.0%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Blount County	Coffee County
Poverty rate	14.1%	17.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1989	1986