Cottondale is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,130 people and three associated neighborhoods, Cottondale is the 170th largest community in Alabama.Cottondale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Cottondale is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cottondale who work in office and administrative support (12.90%), architecture and engineering (11.19%), and sales jobs (10.79%). Also of interest is that Cottondale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Cottondale is worth considering. Being a small town, Cottondale does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Cottondale are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.90% of adults in Cottondale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree 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.
