What is the population of Cowarts town?

Cowarts town has 2,189 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #216 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Cowarts town?

Median household income in Cowarts town is $57,734 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cowarts town?

Median gross rent is $814 a month and the median home value is $176,100, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.

Is Cowarts town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cowarts town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cowarts, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cowarts, Alabama (Cowarts, AL — Census place “Cowarts town”) is 2,189 residents, ranking #216 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $57,734, the median home is worth $176,100 and median gross rent runs $814 a month. Looking for the Cowarts Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cowarts, AL: 36321.

Population: 2,189Cowarts town residents
Median household income: $57,734Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $176,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $814Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.4%Owner-occupied households

Cowarts ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cowarts.

The Cowarts AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

36321

What the numbers mean in Cowarts town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cowarts town median would spend about 16.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.5% of residents and 73.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cowarts town, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cowarts town is a small town in Alabama, with 2,189 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #216 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 63% of them. The median age here is 38.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Cowarts town earn a median of $57,734 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% above the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 15.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cowarts town is valued at $176,100, 42% below the national figure and 11% above the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $814 a month, 42.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,768 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 73.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Cowarts town?: Cowarts town has 2,189 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #216 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Cowarts town?: Median household income in Cowarts town is $57,734 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cowarts town?: Median gross rent is $814 a month and the median home value is $176,100, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.
Is Cowarts town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cowarts town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cowarts town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.