Cotter vs Henderson

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

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

Cotter has the higher population (955 vs 494 in Henderson). Henderson has the higher median household income ($42,948 vs $33,250 in Cotter). Henderson has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $162,000 in Cotter).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Henderson
Population	955	494
Median age	63.3 yrs	67.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$42,948
Median home value	$162,000	$196,600
Median gross rent	$657	—
Housing units	651	546
Homeownership rate	73.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Henderson
Population	906 → 955 (+5.4%)	427 → 494 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $33,250 (-6.1%)	$36,904 → $42,948 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $162,000 (+51.4%)	$162,000 → $196,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $657 (+19.5%)	—

Cotter

Population

906955

Median household income

$35,417$33,250

Median home value

$107,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$550$657

Henderson

Population

427494

Median household income

$36,904$42,948

Median home value

$162,000$196,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotter	Henderson
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	0.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	5.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	22.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	29.1%	39.1%
75 and over	9.7%	24.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Henderson
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Henderson
No high school diploma	6.4%	18.4%
High school graduate	34.3%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Henderson
Drove alone	83.1%	84.8%
Carpooled	13.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Henderson
1-unit, detached	86.6%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Henderson
Poverty rate	16.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.01	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	16	35
Median year structure built	1965	1978