Cotter vs Gassville

A side-by-side comparison of Cotter and Gassville: population, income, housing, and more.

Cotter and Gassville are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gassville has the higher population (2,216 vs 955 in Cotter). Gassville has the higher median household income ($47,404 vs $33,250 in Cotter). Cotter has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $126,600 in Gassville).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Gassville
Population	955	2,216
Median age	63.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$47,404
Median home value	$162,000	$126,600
Median gross rent	$657	$840
Housing units	651	1,006
Homeownership rate	73.1%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Gassville
Population	906 → 955 (+5.4%)	2,557 → 2,216 (-13.3%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $33,250 (-6.1%)	$39,115 → $47,404 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $162,000 (+51.4%)	$93,900 → $126,600 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $657 (+19.5%)	$768 → $840 (+9.4%)

Cotter

Population

906955

Median household income

$35,417$33,250

Median home value

$107,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$550$657

Gassville

Population

2,5572,216

Median household income

$39,115$47,404

Median home value

$93,900$126,600

Median gross rent

$768$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotter	Gassville
Under 5	2.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	22.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	29.1%	11.0%
75 and over	9.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Gassville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Gassville
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Gassville
Drove alone	83.1%	81.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.5%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Gassville
1-unit, detached	86.6%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Gassville
Poverty rate	16.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.01	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1965	1980