Chino Valley vs Cottonwood

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

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

Chino Valley has the higher population (13,372 vs 12,547 in Cottonwood). Chino Valley has the higher median household income ($59,733 vs $47,162 in Cottonwood). Chino Valley has the higher median home value ($352,100 vs $286,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Chino Valley	Cottonwood
Population	13,372	12,547
Median age	49.9 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,733	$47,162
Median home value	$352,100	$286,000
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,080
Housing units	5,882	6,964
Homeownership rate	78.8%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chino Valley	Cottonwood
Population	11,670 → 13,372 (+14.6%)	11,959 → 12,547 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$49,631 → $59,733 (+20.4%)	$42,500 → $47,162 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$229,100 → $352,100 (+53.7%)	$189,400 → $286,000 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,178 (+34.6%)	$933 → $1,080 (+15.8%)

Chino Valley

Population

11,67013,372

Median household income

$49,631$59,733

Median home value

$229,100$352,100

Median gross rent

$875$1,178

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)

	Chino Valley	Cottonwood
Under 5	4.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	7.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	17.7%
75 and over	11.1%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chino Valley	Cottonwood
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chino Valley	Cottonwood
No high school diploma	10.2%	9.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chino Valley	Cottonwood
Drove alone	74.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	5.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chino Valley	Cottonwood
1-unit, detached	60.5%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	32.1%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Chino Valley	Cottonwood
Poverty rate	11.8%	17.5%
Average household size	2.36	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1999	1991