With 3,453 people, West End-Cobb is a city in Alabama. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 9% of adults. The typical home is worth $83,900, having more than doubled since 2000. This skews young, with a median age of 34.0. The poverty rate is 22.7%, above the 12.5% national rate. The foreign-born share is 3%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $55,323, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
9% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about West End-Cobb
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants78.6% → 69.1%(−9.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population4,034 → 3,453(−14%)US over the same years: +35%
White share74.6% → 66.6%(−8.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
West End-Cobb's population equals 3.0% of Calhoun County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.2% 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)24.7%(24)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.8%(27)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era53.6%(52)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II4.1%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 97 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
West End-Cobb, decade by decade
West End-Cobb 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
4,034
$44,276
$79,202
2.4%
48.1
2000
3,924
$40,838
$74,688
3.4%
45.4
2010
3,465
$33,474
$81,279
4.4%
48.8
2020
3,128
$45,704
$71,268
3.5%
56.3
2024
3,453
$55,323
$83,900
9.2%
62.2
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.
