Cowarts is home to 2,204 people in Alabama. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 11% of adults. 658 more people live here than in 2000. The foreign-born share is 1%. The typical home is worth $177,700, having roughly tripled since 2000. 73% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,118, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 74%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cowarts
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants83.0% → 72.5%(−10.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate11.2% → 18.5%(+7.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree2.8% → 11.0%(+8.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Cowarts's population equals 2.0% of Houston County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.4% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)7.4%(12)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16%(26)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.3%(69)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War36.2%(59)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 163 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Cowarts, decade by decade
Cowarts population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,366
$58,682
$99,363
2.8%
22.0
2000
1,546
$66,833
$102,377
7.8%
33.2
2010
1,871
$51,809
$112,209
10.7%
41.3
2020
1,930
$59,892
$161,807
13.4%
46.9
2024
2,204
$64,118
$177,700
11.0%
50.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
