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Goodwater, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Goodwater is a Census town of 1,445 people across 6.49 square miles of land, in Coosa County. Median household income is $39,511, 56.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Goodwater
What Goodwater is
- Census place typetown
- Land area6.49 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land223 plus or minus 51
- County holding the largest share of its areaCoosa County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Goodwater
How many people live in Goodwater
- Population1,445 plus or minus 334
- Median age45.8 plus or minus 14.7
- Population under 18373 plus or minus 166
- Share under 1825.8 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Population 65 and over407 plus or minus 136
- Share 65 and over28.2 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Households633 plus or minus 163
- Family households376 plus or minus 144
- Share of households that are families59.4 percent plus or minus 16.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Goodwater
- Median household income$39,511 plus or minus $13,886
- Per capita income$16,459
- Civilian labor force380 plus or minus 123
- Employed354 plus or minus 116
- Unemployed26 plus or minus 24
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over984 plus or minus 241
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher4.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.5 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Goodwater
- Housing units846 plus or minus 174
- Occupied units633 plus or minus 163
- Vacant units213 plus or minus 80
- Vacancy rate25.2 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Owner occupied358 plus or minus 113
- Renter occupied275 plus or minus 104
- Ownership rate56.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$58,900 plus or minus $45,143
- Median gross rent, monthly$650 plus or minus $228
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.7 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Single family units490 plus or minus 130
- Share single family57.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more194 plus or minus 84
- Share in buildings of two or more22.9 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Mobile homes162 plus or minus 99
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Goodwater gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute334 plus or minus 115
- Commuting under 15 minutes100 plus or minus 73
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.9 percent plus or minus 19.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more150 plus or minus 103
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.9 percent plus or minus 26.8
- Drove alone90.4 percent
- Carpooled0.6 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.3 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Goodwater
Flood risk in Goodwater
- NFIP communityTown of Goodwater
- NFIP community number010387
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date10/02/25(M)
The Town of Goodwater participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 010387 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Coosa County, not Goodwater
Coosa County context, not Goodwater figures
- Establishments in Coosa County97
- Covered employment, Coosa County1,452
- Average annual pay, Coosa County$51,388
- Housing units permitted, Coosa County0
Every figure in this section is published for Coosa County as a whole and is not a measurement of Goodwater.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Goodwater questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Goodwater, Alabama?
1,445, in 633 households. Goodwater town covers 6.49 square miles of land, which is 223 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Goodwater in?
Coosa County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Goodwater?
$39,511. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $58,900. Median gross rent is $650 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Goodwater in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Goodwater appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Goodwater, town of, community 010387, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Goodwater figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Coosa County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Goodwater.
Is zoning published for Goodwater?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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