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Cowarts, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Cowarts is a Census town of 2,204 people across 7.65 square miles of land, in Houston County. Median household income is $64,118, 72.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Cowarts
What Cowarts is
- Census place typetown
- Land area7.65 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land288
- County holding the largest share of its areaHouston 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.
Cowarts
How many people live in Cowarts
- Population2,204
- Median age37.8 plus or minus 7.6
- Population under 18518 plus or minus 140
- Share under 1823.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over448 plus or minus 126
- Share 65 and over20.3 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Households844
- Family households613
- Share of households that are families72.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cowarts
Income and work in Cowarts
- Median household income$64,118 plus or minus $14,518
- Per capita income$25,982
- Civilian labor force872
- Employed832
- Unemployed40 plus or minus 31
- Unemployment rate4.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over1,506
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.2 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cowarts
Housing in Cowarts
- Housing units918
- Occupied units844
- Vacant units74 plus or minus 41
- Vacancy rate8.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Owner occupied612
- Renter occupied232 plus or minus 56
- Ownership rate72.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$177,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$902
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.9 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Single family units680
- Share single family74.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes226 plus or minus 69
- Median year structure built1992
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cowarts
How Cowarts gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute791
- Commuting under 15 minutes166 plus or minus 51
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more196 plus or minus 63
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.8 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Drove alone83.4 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home3.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cowarts
Flood risk in Cowarts
- NFIP communityTown of Cowarts
- NFIP community number010103
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/03/14
The Town of Cowarts participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 010103 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.
Houston County, not Cowarts
Houston County context, not Cowarts figures
- Establishments in Houston County2,859
- Covered employment, Houston County50,877
- Average annual pay, Houston County$53,521
- Housing units permitted, Houston County463
Every figure in this section is published for Houston County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cowarts.
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
Cowarts questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cowarts, Alabama?
2,204, in 844 households. Cowarts town covers 7.65 square miles of land, which is 288 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cowarts in?
Houston 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 Cowarts?
$64,118. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $177,700. Median gross rent is $902 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Cowarts in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Cowarts appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Cowarts, town of, community 010103, 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 Cowarts figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Houston 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 Cowarts.
Is zoning published for Cowarts?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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