Cottonwood vs Prescott Valley

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

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

Prescott Valley has the higher population (48,048 vs 12,547 in Cottonwood). Prescott Valley has the higher median household income ($70,793 vs $47,162 in Cottonwood). Prescott Valley has the higher median home value ($376,300 vs $286,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Prescott Valley
Population	12,547	48,048
Median age	55.8 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,162	$70,793
Median home value	$286,000	$376,300
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,471
Housing units	6,964	21,576
Homeownership rate	51.0%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Prescott Valley
Population	11,959 → 12,547 (+4.9%)	44,311 → 48,048 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $47,162 (+11.0%)	$51,909 → $70,793 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$189,400 → $286,000 (+51.0%)	$228,700 → $376,300 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,080 (+15.8%)	$992 → $1,471 (+48.3%)

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 Valley

Population

44,31148,048

Median household income

$51,909$70,793

Median home value

$228,700$376,300

Median gross rent

$992$1,471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Prescott Valley
Under 5	5.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	17.7%	16.5%
75 and over	16.4%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Prescott Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Prescott Valley
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Prescott Valley
Drove alone	70.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	21.3%	7.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Prescott Valley
1-unit, detached	41.2%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	2.8%
20 or more units	11.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Prescott Valley
Poverty rate	17.5%	12.3%
Average household size	1.90	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1991	2001