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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cottondale is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 (13.40%), sales jobs (12.21%), and healthcare (10.17%). 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.The rate of college-level education in Cottondale is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.62% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Cottondale in 2022 was $29,887, which is middle income relative to Alabama, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,548 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, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Cottondale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
