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 percentage of people in Cottondale with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.37% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cottondale in 2018 was $28,402, 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 $113,608 for a family of four. However, Cottondale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and African.
The most common language spoken in Cottondale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
