Coats BendAL
A town of 1,630, settled in 1878.
Is Coats Bend a good place to live?
Coats Bend’s best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 38% of residents are under 18 in Coats Bend, above both the Alabama town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Only 5 of Alabama’s 308 towns score lower on walkability. Coats Bend's public schools beat 74% of Alabama towns on state tests and graduation. Coats Bend has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Coats Bend for work
Where Coats Bend’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Coats Bend grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Coats Bend is from typical.
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Moving to Coats Bend: who provides what
Coats Bend is unincorporated, so Etowah County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Coats Bend.
Coats Bend is less healthy than four in five U.S. towns
Among adults in Coats Bend, 14% binge drink. CDC measures, 32 in all: Coats Bend beats Alabama on 1 and trails on 2. In Coats Bend, 46% of adults have high blood pressure, and 16% have diabetes.
| Coats Bend | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 40% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 43% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 12% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Coats Bend | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Coats Bend has 0.0 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Coats Bend had 3 jobs in 2023, down 34 from 2013. In Coats Bend, 18% of residents live below the poverty line. Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles. Its mean commuting time stands at 28 minutes.
| Coats Bend | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Coats Bend, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts 45% of Coats Bend’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 34% to tornadoes. Compared with 74% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is higher. The national flood insurance program has paid one claim here since 1990.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Coats Bend sells for about $265K at the median
For households in Coats Bend, the share who are owner-occupiers is 91%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Noccalula Falls Park and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coats Bend. Close and well known come first.
9 mi WaterfallNoccalula Falls Park
18 mi National PreserveLittle River Canyon National Preserve782K visitors a year
36 mi MuseumInternational Motorsports Hall of Fame
30 mi National MonumentFreedom Riders National Monument
21 mi City parkJanney Furnace Park
9 mi TheatreMort Glosser AmphitheaterPhoto credits
Noccalula Falls Park: Thejammer (talk), Public domain · Little River Canyon National Preserve: Richard A. Weaver, CC BY-SA 4.0 · International Motorsports Hall of Fame: BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0 · Freedom Riders National Monument: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Janney Furnace Park: dofftoubab, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mort Glosser Amphitheater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain
Everything we know about Coats Bend
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Coats Bend
About 1 of every 100 Coats Bend residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Coats Bend
Census-designated place in Alabama, United States
Coats Bend is a census-designated place in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Coats Bend had a population of 1,318. A post office was established in 1878 and was in operation until 1903.
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- Area
- 8.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 617 ft
Coats Bend’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Coats Bend.
| Town | AL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coats Bend | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C− |
| Tidmore Bend | — | — | B | — | B+ | C− |
Coats Bend and Tidmore Bend have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Coats Bend and Tidmore Bend report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Coats Bend with a neighbor →
Questions about Coats Bend
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Coats Bend, AL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $150,000, 37% below the Alabama typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.