Cottonwood vs Rehobeth

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

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

Rehobeth has the higher population (1,647 vs 1,091 in Cottonwood). Rehobeth has the higher median household income ($69,438 vs $35,417 in Cottonwood). Rehobeth has the higher median home value ($217,900 vs $110,300 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Rehobeth
Population	1,091	1,647
Median age	48.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$69,438
Median home value	$110,300	$217,900
Median gross rent	$335	$1,034
Housing units	611	633
Homeownership rate	65.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Rehobeth
Population	1,294 → 1,091 (-15.7%)	2,059 → 1,647 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$27,941 → $35,417 (+26.8%)	$55,486 → $69,438 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $110,300 (+32.6%)	$148,200 → $217,900 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $335 (-27.6%)	$847 → $1,034 (+22.1%)

Cottonwood

Population

1,2941,091

Median household income

$27,941$35,417

Median home value

$83,200$110,300

Median gross rent

$463$335

Rehobeth

Population

2,0591,647

Median household income

$55,486$69,438

Median home value

$148,200$217,900

Median gross rent

$847$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Rehobeth
Under 5	3.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	25.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.3%
75 and over	9.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Rehobeth
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	88.1%
Black or African American	26.4%	2.5%
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%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Rehobeth
No high school diploma	19.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Rehobeth
Drove alone	86.3%	85.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Rehobeth
1-unit, detached	65.0%	81.2%
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%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Rehobeth
Poverty rate	26.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1972	1999