The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cottondale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cottondale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Cottondale is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Cottondale rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.90% of adults 25 and older in Cottondale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Cottondale in 2022 was $31,117, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,468 for a family of four. However, Cottondale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cottondale also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.96% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Cottondale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cottondale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cottondale residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Cottondale include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Armenian.
The most common language spoken in Cottondale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
