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Cottonwood, AL

971 Population
5.8 square miles 167.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,307 ±$4,283 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $32,790 ±$656
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,468 ±$7,279 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $57,791 ±$1,475
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.6% ±10.3% (268  ±108) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 17.9% 27,021 (±0.9% / ±1,377)
  • more than 1.5 times 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)

25.7 minutes ±2.7 (8,900  ±2,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 23.5 1,468,120 (±0.5 / ±38,769)
  • about the same as the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

488 ±67 Number of households
  • the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 61,011 ±649
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (971  ±152) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 2.5 151,068 (±0 / ±61)
  • 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

1.4% ±2.4% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,462 (±0.6% / ±210)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 5% 59,417 (±0.2% / ±2,024)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

579 ±93 Number of housing units
  • the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 71,957 ±233
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$111,500 ±$28,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: $170,700 ±$3,212
  • about half the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±5.9% (111  ±59.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 9.2% 13,890 (±0.6% / ±883.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.6% ±6.6% (664  ±111.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 86.7% 92,660 (±1.5% / ±1,603.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.5% ±5.6% (60  ±45.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 21.2% 22,613 (±0.8% / ±812.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about one-fifth 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% ±0.8% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 2.7% 4,071
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.2% ±4.4% (96  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dothan, AL Metro Area: 9.6% 11,368 (±0.5% / ±604)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±40 78 Male ±34 18 Female ±18

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