Cottonwood vs Verde Village

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

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

Verde Village has the higher population (12,662 vs 12,547 in Cottonwood). Verde Village has the higher median household income ($71,352 vs $47,162 in Cottonwood). Verde Village has the higher median home value ($329,300 vs $286,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Verde Village
Population	12,547	12,662
Median age	55.8 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,162	$71,352
Median home value	$286,000	$329,300
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,154
Housing units	6,964	5,209
Homeownership rate	51.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Verde Village
Population	11,959 → 12,547 (+4.9%)	12,903 → 12,662 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $47,162 (+11.0%)	$52,204 → $71,352 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$189,400 → $286,000 (+51.0%)	$208,800 → $329,300 (+57.7%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,080 (+15.8%)	$1,021 → $1,154 (+13.0%)

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

Verde Village

Population

12,90312,662

Median household income

$52,204$71,352

Median home value

$208,800$329,300

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Verde Village
Under 5	5.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	7.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	11.3%
75 and over	16.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Verde Village
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Verde Village
No high school diploma	9.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	29.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Verde Village
Drove alone	70.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	21.3%	9.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Verde Village
1-unit, detached	41.2%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	11.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Verde Village
Poverty rate	17.5%	10.4%
Average household size	1.90	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1991	1988