Cotter vs Salesville

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

Cotter and Salesville 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 498 in Salesville). Salesville has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $33,250 in Cotter). Cotter has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $105,400 in Salesville).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Salesville
Population	955	498
Median age	63.3 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$49,063
Median home value	$162,000	$105,400
Median gross rent	$657	$1,025
Housing units	651	318
Homeownership rate	73.1%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Salesville
Population	906 → 955 (+5.4%)	374 → 498 (+33.2%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $33,250 (-6.1%)	$35,000 → $49,063 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $162,000 (+51.4%)	$83,700 → $105,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $657 (+19.5%)	$625 → $1,025 (+64.0%)

Cotter

Population

906955

Median household income

$35,417$33,250

Median home value

$107,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$550$657

Salesville

Population

374498

Median household income

$35,000$49,063

Median home value

$83,700$105,400

Median gross rent

$625$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotter	Salesville
Under 5	2.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	5.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	22.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	29.1%	15.1%
75 and over	9.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Salesville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Salesville
No high school diploma	6.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	34.3%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Salesville
Drove alone	83.1%	85.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Salesville
1-unit, detached	86.6%	54.1%
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%	45.9%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Salesville
Poverty rate	16.5%	26.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1965	1981