About Coosada

Coosada is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,036 people and just one neighborhood, Coosada is the 281st largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Coosada is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.9% of the Coosada workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Coosada is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Coosada who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.99%), sales jobs (13.86%), and teaching (5.97%).

Coosada is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Coosada isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.36% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Coosada does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Coosada Information and Demographics

The citizens of Coosada are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.96% of adults in Coosada have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Coosada in 2000 was $16,504, 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 $66,016 for a family of four.

Coosada is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coosada home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Coosada is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Coosada include English, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Coosada is English. Some people also speak Spanish.