Cottonwood vs Sedona

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

Cottonwood and Sedona 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 9,770 in Sedona). Sedona has the higher median household income ($67,374 vs $47,162 in Cottonwood). Sedona has the higher median home value ($708,400 vs $286,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Sedona
Population	12,547	9,770
Median age	55.8 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,162	$67,374
Median home value	$286,000	$708,400
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,421
Housing units	6,964	6,822
Homeownership rate	51.0%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Sedona
Population	11,959 → 12,547 (+4.9%)	10,322 → 9,770 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $47,162 (+11.0%)	$61,470 → $67,374 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$189,400 → $286,000 (+51.0%)	$507,400 → $708,400 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,080 (+15.8%)	$1,300 → $1,421 (+9.3%)

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

Sedona

Population

10,3229,770

Median household income

$61,470$67,374

Median home value

$507,400$708,400

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Sedona
Under 5	5.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	7.5%	9.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	19.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	23.7%
75 and over	16.4%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Sedona
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Sedona
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Sedona
Drove alone	70.7%	52.5%
Carpooled	21.3%	11.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	30.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Sedona
1-unit, detached	41.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	7.8%
20 or more units	11.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Sedona
Poverty rate	17.5%	13.7%
Average household size	1.90	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1991	1987