Camp Verde vs Cottonwood

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

Camp Verde 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 (12,547 vs 12,282 in Camp Verde). Camp Verde has the higher median household income ($58,383 vs $47,162 in Cottonwood). Camp Verde has the higher median home value ($286,700 vs $286,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Verde	Cottonwood
Population	12,282	12,547
Median age	44.1 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,383	$47,162
Median home value	$286,700	$286,000
Median gross rent	$1,026	$1,080
Housing units	5,018	6,964
Homeownership rate	76.3%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Verde	Cottonwood
Population	11,196 → 12,282 (+9.7%)	11,959 → 12,547 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$39,681 → $58,383 (+47.1%)	$42,500 → $47,162 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$193,100 → $286,700 (+48.5%)	$189,400 → $286,000 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $1,026 (+44.5%)	$933 → $1,080 (+15.8%)

Camp Verde

Population

11,19612,282

Median household income

$39,681$58,383

Median home value

$193,100$286,700

Median gross rent

$710$1,026

Cottonwood

Population

11,95912,547

Median household income

$42,500$47,162

Median home value

$189,400$286,000

Median gross rent

$933$1,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camp Verde	Cottonwood
Under 5	3.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	7.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	16.3%	17.7%
75 and over	11.8%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Verde	Cottonwood
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.3%	1.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Verde	Cottonwood
No high school diploma	15.3%	9.7%
High school graduate	26.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Verde	Cottonwood
Drove alone	64.1%	70.7%
Carpooled	19.4%	21.3%
Public transit	1.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	5.0%
Other means	3.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Verde	Cottonwood
1-unit, detached	57.3%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	3.7%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Camp Verde	Cottonwood
Poverty rate	21.7%	17.5%
Average household size	2.51	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1991	1991