Cottonwood vs Madrid

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

Cottonwood and Madrid 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 253 in Madrid). Madrid has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $35,417 in Cottonwood). Madrid has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $110,300 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Madrid
Population	1,091	253
Median age	48.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$38,750
Median home value	$110,300	$129,500
Median gross rent	$335	$825
Housing units	611	145
Homeownership rate	65.5%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Madrid
Population	1,294 → 1,091 (-15.7%)	334 → 253 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$27,941 → $35,417 (+26.8%)	$58,750 → $38,750 (-34.0%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $110,300 (+32.6%)	$80,000 → $129,500 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $335 (-27.6%)	$643 → $825 (+28.3%)

Cottonwood

Population

1,2941,091

Median household income

$27,941$35,417

Median home value

$83,200$110,300

Median gross rent

$463$335

Madrid

Population

334253

Median household income

$58,750$38,750

Median home value

$80,000$129,500

Median gross rent

$643$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Madrid
Under 5	3.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	18.1%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	16.6%
75 and over	9.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Madrid
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	26.4%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Madrid
No high school diploma	19.0%	20.7%
High school graduate	35.6%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Madrid
Drove alone	86.3%	94.6%
Carpooled	1.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Madrid
1-unit, detached	65.0%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Madrid
Poverty rate	26.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1972	1991