About West End-Cobb Town

West End-Cobb Town is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,861 people and just one neighborhood, West End-Cobb Town is the 167th largest community in Alabama.

When you are in West End-Cobb Town, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.8% of West End-Cobb Town's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, West End-Cobb Town is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in West End-Cobb Town who work in sales jobs (11.58%), office and administrative support jobs (7.11%), and food service (5.49%).

West End-Cobb Town is a very car-oriented town. 99.02% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because West End-Cobb Town is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. West End-Cobb Town has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, West End-Cobb Town does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

West End-Cobb Town Information and Demographics

The population of West End-Cobb Town has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.35% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in West End-Cobb Town in 2000 was $13,067, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $52,268 for a family of four.

West End-Cobb Town is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call West End-Cobb Town home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in West End-Cobb Town is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in West End-Cobb Town include Irish and English.

The most common language spoken in West End-Cobb Town is English.