Alpine vs Cottonwood

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

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

Cottonwood has the higher population (122 vs 103 in Alpine). Alpine has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $57,000 in Cottonwood). Since 2019, Alpine's population has grown faster (-33.1% vs -41.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alpine	Cottonwood
Population	103	122
Median age	66.8 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,792	—
Median home value	$190,000	$57,000
Median gross rent	$900	$1,039
Housing units	156	83
Homeownership rate	76.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	25.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alpine	Cottonwood
Population	154 → 103 (-33.1%)	207 → 122 (-41.1%)
Median household income	$39,306 → $39,792 (+1.2%)	$36,875 → $52,500 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$157,800 → $190,000 (+20.4%)	$71,100 → $57,000 (-19.8%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $900 (+23.1%)	$488 → $1,039 (+112.9%)

Alpine

Population

154103

Median household income

$39,306$39,792

Median home value

$157,800$190,000

Median gross rent

$731$900

Cottonwood

Population

207122

Median household income

$36,875$52,500

Median home value

$71,100$57,000

Median gross rent

$488$1,039

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alpine	Cottonwood
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	23.3%	44.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.4%
75 and over	44.7%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alpine	Cottonwood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	100.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alpine	Cottonwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	25.5%
High school graduate	30.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	61.2%	9.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alpine	Cottonwood
Drove alone	82.8%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alpine	Cottonwood
1-unit, detached	69.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alpine	Cottonwood
Poverty rate	26.2%	4.1%
Average household size	1.36	1.65
Median year structure built	1978	1974