Cost of living in Coaling, Alabama
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,254 a month.
Coaling is a city in Alabama. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $81,370 a year.
- People
- 2,573
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,254
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $81,370
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $228,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,165
- Tuscaloosa, AL HUD Metro FMR Area
Coaling, Alabama has about 2,573 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $228,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Tuscaloosa County is $1,165 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Coaling. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area, prices sit at 87.7 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Alabama taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.5% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Coaling's exact store tax.
Some places in Alabama add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.07% of income. That is not a Coaling bill.
In July 2026, a typical Alabama home paid 16.40¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Coaling's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alabama in the table we use.
Among 290 places we list in Alabama with a rent figure, 45 have higher typical rent than Coaling.
Nearby places
- Brookwood
Typical rent $1,097
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Typical rent $935
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Typical rent $1,550
Compare with Coaling - Holt
Typical rent $1,012
Compare with Coaling - Tuscaloosa
Typical rent $1,055
Compare with Coaling - Woodstock
Typical rent $1,027
Compare with Coaling - Lake View
Typical rent $1,676
- Northport
Typical rent $982
Compare with Coaling
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Alabama
Bigger places in Alabama
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.