Cottonwood vs Webb

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

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

Webb has the higher population (1,398 vs 1,091 in Cottonwood). Webb has the higher median household income ($48,102 vs $35,417 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($110,300 vs $109,000 in Webb).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Webb
Population	1,091	1,398
Median age	48.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	$48,102
Median home value	$110,300	$109,000
Median gross rent	$335	$846
Housing units	611	627
Homeownership rate	65.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Webb
Population	1,294 → 1,091 (-15.7%)	1,427 → 1,398 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$27,941 → $35,417 (+26.8%)	$41,719 → $48,102 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$83,200 → $110,300 (+32.6%)	$77,900 → $109,000 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $335 (-27.6%)	$760 → $846 (+11.3%)

Cottonwood

Population

1,2941,091

Median household income

$27,941$35,417

Median home value

$83,200$110,300

Median gross rent

$463$335

Webb

Population

1,4271,398

Median household income

$41,719$48,102

Median home value

$77,900$109,000

Median gross rent

$760$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Webb
Under 5	3.6%	11.4%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	20.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	18.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.7%
75 and over	9.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Webb
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	81.8%
Black or African American	26.4%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Webb
No high school diploma	19.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	35.6%	49.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Webb
Drove alone	86.3%	95.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Webb
1-unit, detached	65.0%	56.0%
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%	44.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Webb
Poverty rate	26.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1972	1985