Cotter vs Mountain Home

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

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

Mountain Home has the higher population (13,021 vs 955 in Cotter). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($42,103 vs $33,250 in Cotter). Cotter has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $160,200 in Mountain Home).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Mountain Home
Population	955	13,021
Median age	63.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$42,103
Median home value	$162,000	$160,200
Median gross rent	$657	$857
Housing units	651	6,640
Homeownership rate	73.1%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Mountain Home
Population	906 → 955 (+5.4%)	12,393 → 13,021 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $33,250 (-6.1%)	$40,408 → $42,103 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $162,000 (+51.4%)	$126,100 → $160,200 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $657 (+19.5%)	$686 → $857 (+24.9%)

Cotter

Population

906955

Median household income

$35,417$33,250

Median home value

$107,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$550$657

Mountain Home

Population

12,39313,021

Median household income

$40,408$42,103

Median home value

$126,100$160,200

Median gross rent

$686$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotter	Mountain Home
Under 5	2.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	5.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	5.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	22.9%	9.7%
65 to 74	29.1%	12.2%
75 and over	9.7%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Mountain Home
Drove alone	83.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	86.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	16.5%	17.7%
Average household size	2.01	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	16	11
Median year structure built	1965	1980