Coffee County, Alabama

Coffee County has a population of 54,920 and has grown 6.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $188,600, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $68,353.

Home price
$188,600
Income
$68,353
Population
54,920
Unemployment
5.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$188,600county
Median gross rent$1,018county
Median year homes here were built1987county
Share of homes built before 198041.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile12.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant14.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented27.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,400county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$933county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$711county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,298county
Home insurance / yr$3,633(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.6(statewide)
Median household income$68,353county
Family health premium / yr$23,986(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$7,871(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.632(statewide)
Poverty rate16.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home4.4%county
Unemployment rate5.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force57.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.1%county
Share of workers employed by government22.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry19.8%county
Economic output per resident$42,298county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.36%county
Top state income tax5.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.46%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service27 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport39339county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station135 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.0%county
Traffic deaths14.6county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-3.0(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher22.5%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.1%county
Public schools in the county16county
Public school enrollment10168county
Students per full-time teacher18.4county
Free lunch eligible51.1%county
Elementary schools8county
Middle schools3county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution31 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians52county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year19.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year14.1%county
Frequent mental distress17.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population54,920county
Land area in square miles679county
People per square mile of land80.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores8county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store15.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract9.1%county
Population change since 2020+6.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age39.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.2%county
Share of households that are one person28.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.6%county
Second languages8.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls69.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents236county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in2,085county
Households that moved away2,012county
Average income of arriving households$55,435county
Average income of departing households$56,578county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year198county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate360(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature66.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation50.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.71 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F80 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing35 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days264 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 5county
Average first fall frostNov 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$189county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh16.6¢county
Household electricity use1,135 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.17(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity86.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas8.2%county
Homes heated by propane4.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband86.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk84.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk55.1county
Landslide risk71.7county
Hail risk29.2county
Earthquake risk58.7county
Tornado risk90.3county
Tropical cyclone risk92.9county
Extreme heat risk64.7county
Winter weather risk32.1county
Strong wind risk70.0county
Wildfire risk56.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Coffee County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Alabama figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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