Cottonwood vs Gordon

A side-by-side comparison of Cottonwood and Gordon: population, income, housing, and more.

Cottonwood and Gordon are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cottonwood has the higher population (1,091 vs 382 in Gordon). Gordon has the higher median household income ($41,458 vs $35,417 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $75,000 in Gordon).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Gordon
Population	1,091	382
Median age	48.1 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$41,458
Median home value	$110,300	$75,000
Median gross rent	$335	$850
Housing units	611	219
Homeownership rate	65.5%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	30.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Gordon
Population	1,294 → 1,091 (-15.7%)	306 → 382 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$27,941 → $35,417 (+26.8%)	$33,750 → $41,458 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $110,300 (+32.6%)	$48,100 → $75,000 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $335 (-27.6%)	$590 → $850 (+44.1%)

Cottonwood

Population

1,2941,091

Median household income

$27,941$35,417

Median home value

$83,200$110,300

Median gross rent

$463$335

Gordon

Population

306382

Median household income

$33,750$41,458

Median home value

$48,100$75,000

Median gross rent

$590$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Gordon
Under 5	3.6%	1.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	8.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.1%	22.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	19.1%
75 and over	9.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Gordon
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	24.6%
Black or African American	26.4%	72.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Gordon
No high school diploma	19.0%	30.7%
High school graduate	35.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Gordon
Drove alone	86.3%	75.0%
Carpooled	1.4%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Gordon
1-unit, detached	65.0%	57.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	42.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Gordon
Poverty rate	26.2%	20.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1972	1981