Cottonwood vs Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)

A side-by-side comparison of Cottonwood and Village of Oak Creek (Big Park): population, income, housing, and more.

Cottonwood and Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) 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 6,340 in Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)). Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) has the higher median household income ($80,197 vs $47,162 in Cottonwood). Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) has the higher median home value ($654,000 vs $286,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Population	12,547	6,340
Median age	55.8 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,162	$80,197
Median home value	$286,000	$654,000
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,640
Housing units	6,964	4,537
Homeownership rate	51.0%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Population	11,959 → 12,547 (+4.9%)	6,375 → 6,340 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $47,162 (+11.0%)	$59,712 → $80,197 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$189,400 → $286,000 (+51.0%)	$465,000 → $654,000 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,080 (+15.8%)	$1,175 → $1,640 (+39.6%)

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

Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)

Population

6,3756,340

Median household income

$59,712$80,197

Median home value

$465,000$654,000

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Under 5	5.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	7.5%	5.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	17.7%	32.9%
75 and over	16.4%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
No high school diploma	9.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	29.0%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Drove alone	70.7%	61.5%
Carpooled	21.3%	5.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	24.9%
Other means	0.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
1-unit, detached	41.2%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	10.3%
20 or more units	11.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)
Poverty rate	17.5%	13.4%
Average household size	1.90	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1991	1992