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Cottondale, AL

2,632 Population
3.4 square miles 764.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 34 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,117 ±$7,361 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $33,687 ±$818
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,877 ±$23,864 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $61,517 ±$1,998
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32% ±22.5% (829  ±629) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 18.1% 47,445 (±1% / ±2,717)
  • about double the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±7.2 (27,215  ±12,708) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 24.2 2,810,375 (±0.6 / ±85,147)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,255 ±357 Number of households
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 105,683 ±928
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.8 (2,632  ±745) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 2.5 261,786 (±0 / ±555)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,559 ±336 Number of housing units
  • the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 124,892 ±223
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,200 ±$50,595 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: $230,700 ±$5,073
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±10.5% (341  ±293.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 16% 44,242 (±1% / ±2,791.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.7% ±28.9% (1,772  ±407.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 90.3% 156,309 (±1.9% / ±3,240.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.9% ±7.1% (308  ±165.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 29.3% 50,634 (±1% / ±1,795)
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.5% ±0.9% (13  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 4.2% 11,771
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±7.1% (216  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Tuscaloosa, AL Metro Area: 6.3% 13,943 (±0.5% / ±1,089)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
216 Total veterans ±174 194 Male ±161 22 Female ±39

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