Cottonwood vs Oak Springs

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

Cottonwood and Oak Springs 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 28 in Oak Springs). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($57,000 vs $26,300 in Oak Springs). Since 2019, Cottonwood's population has grown faster (-41.1% vs -65.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Oak Springs
Population	122	28
Median age	63.4 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median home value	$57,000	$26,300
Median gross rent	$1,039	—
Housing units	83	15
Homeownership rate	33.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	25.4%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Oak Springs
Population	207 → 122 (-41.1%)	80 → 28 (-65.0%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $52,500 (+42.4%)	$38,750 → $25,625 (-33.9%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $57,000 (-19.8%)	$28,000 → $26,300 (-6.1%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $1,039 (+112.9%)	—

Cottonwood

Population

207122

Median household income

$36,875$52,500

Median home value

$71,100$57,000

Median gross rent

$488$1,039

Oak Springs

Population

8028

Median household income

$38,750$25,625

Median home value

$28,000$26,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Oak Springs
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	25.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	44.3%	39.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	10.7%
75 and over	11.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Oak Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Oak Springs
No high school diploma	25.5%	30.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Oak Springs
Drove alone	88.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Cottonwood	Oak Springs
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Oak Springs
Poverty rate	4.1%	17.9%
Average household size	1.65	3.11
Median year structure built	1974	1985