Cottonwood vs Prescott

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

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

Prescott has the higher population (46,744 vs 12,547 in Cottonwood). Prescott has the higher median household income ($69,151 vs $47,162 in Cottonwood). Prescott has the higher median home value ($528,500 vs $286,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Prescott
Population	12,547	46,744
Median age	55.8 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,162	$69,151
Median home value	$286,000	$528,500
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,304
Housing units	6,964	25,807
Homeownership rate	51.0%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Prescott
Population	11,959 → 12,547 (+4.9%)	42,785 → 46,744 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $47,162 (+11.0%)	$55,734 → $69,151 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$189,400 → $286,000 (+51.0%)	$347,700 → $528,500 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,080 (+15.8%)	$893 → $1,304 (+46.0%)

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

Prescott

Population

42,78546,744

Median household income

$55,734$69,151

Median home value

$347,700$528,500

Median gross rent

$893$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Prescott
Under 5	5.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	7.5%	8.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	6.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	22.5%
75 and over	16.4%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Prescott
No high school diploma	9.7%	3.9%
High school graduate	29.0%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Prescott
Drove alone	70.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	21.3%	7.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Prescott
1-unit, detached	41.2%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	11.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Prescott
Poverty rate	17.5%	11.6%
Average household size	1.90	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1991	1991