Boron vs Cottonwood

A side-by-side comparison of Boron and Cottonwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Boron and Cottonwood are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cottonwood has the higher population (3,102 vs 2,627 in Boron). Boron has the higher median household income ($61,607 vs $40,339 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($256,400 vs $131,100 in Boron).

Population, income & housing

	Boron	Cottonwood
Population	2,627	3,102
Median age	32.8 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$40,339
Median home value	$131,100	$256,400
Median gross rent	$981	$947
Housing units	1,171	893
Homeownership rate	53.6%	10.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	6.2%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boron	Cottonwood
Population	2,221 → 2,627 (+18.3%)	3,121 → 3,102 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$51,181 → $61,607 (+20.4%)	$23,639 → $40,339 (+70.6%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $131,100 (+83.6%)	$98,800 → $256,400 (+159.5%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $981 (+39.5%)	$733 → $947 (+29.2%)

Boron

Population

2,2212,627

Median household income

$51,181$61,607

Median home value

$71,400$131,100

Median gross rent

$703$981

Cottonwood

Population

3,1213,102

Median household income

$23,639$40,339

Median home value

$98,800$256,400

Median gross rent

$733$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boron	Cottonwood
Under 5	6.1%	17.4%
5 to 17	22.2%	29.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	19.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	6.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	3.9%
75 and over	6.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boron	Cottonwood
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	3.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	79.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boron	Cottonwood
No high school diploma	19.3%	52.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boron	Cottonwood
Drove alone	68.5%	87.1%
Carpooled	2.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	9.5%
Other means	23.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boron	Cottonwood
1-unit, detached	61.7%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	20.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boron	Cottonwood
Poverty rate	31.3%	47.3%
Average household size	2.90	3.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1959	1988