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Cottondale, AL

2,850 Population
3.4 square miles 827.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$29,887 ±$6,590 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $32,394 ±$823
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $34,835 ±$236
$44,250 ±$23,969 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $59,975 ±$1,973
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $62,027 ±$400

27.3% ±22% (760  ±646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 18% 46,649 (±1.1% / ±2,710)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 768,185 (±0.2% / ±10,722)

22.2 minutes ±7.2 (26,925  ±12,882) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 24.3 2,797,480 (±0.4 / ±71,445)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.4 51,637,528 (±0.1 / ±384,233)

Families

1,308 ±319 Number of households
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 102,813 ±1,152
  • Alabama: 1,969,105 ±6,574
2.2 ±0.2 (2,847  ±736) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 2.5 259,377 (±0 / ±533)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,917,955

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,634 ±324 Number of housing units
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 123,433 ±218
  • Alabama: 2,316,192 ±430

$118,600 ±$31,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $217,100 ±$4,322
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Alabama: $195,100 ±$1,110

11.3% ±10.3% (321  ±304.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 15.2% 41,515 (±1% / ±2,834.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 12.2% 610,709 (±0.2% / ±9,932.5)

Social

84% ±26.3% (1,837  ±399.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 89.5% 154,103 (±1.8% / ±3,163.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.1% 3,038,921 (±0.4% / ±13,911)
11.6% ±5% (254  ±123.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 28.6% 49,158 (±1% / ±1,775.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alabama: 27.8% 957,081 (±0.2% / ±7,758.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.8% (11  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 3.8% 10,458
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 3.8% 192,039

12% ±7% (293  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 6.3% 13,646 (±0.5% / ±1,187)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 7.9% 310,187 (±0.1% / ±4,910)
293 Total veterans ±188 272 Male ±178 21 Female ±38

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