Cottonwood vs Edwards AFB

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

Cottonwood and Edwards AFB 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 2,566 in Edwards AFB). Edwards AFB has the higher median household income ($92,120 vs $40,339 in Cottonwood). Since 2019, Edwards AFB's population has grown faster (+0.8% vs -0.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Edwards AFB
Population	3,102	2,566
Median age	21.7 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,339	$92,120
Median home value	$256,400	—
Median gross rent	$947	$2,314
Housing units	893	819
Homeownership rate	10.8%	3.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Edwards AFB
Population	3,121 → 3,102 (-0.6%)	2,545 → 2,566 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$23,639 → $40,339 (+70.6%)	$76,989 → $92,120 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $256,400 (+159.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$733 → $947 (+29.2%)	$1,714 → $2,314 (+35.0%)

Cottonwood

Population

3,1213,102

Median household income

$23,639$40,339

Median home value

$98,800$256,400

Median gross rent

$733$947

Edwards AFB

Population

2,5452,566

Median household income

$76,989$92,120

Median gross rent

$1,714$2,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Edwards AFB
Under 5	17.4%	18.2%
5 to 17	29.2%	21.2%
18 to 24	11.7%	13.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	32.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	6.0%	1.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	3.9%	0.0%
75 and over	2.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Edwards AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	61.3%
Black or African American	12.7%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	79.7%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Edwards AFB
No high school diploma	52.8%	0.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Edwards AFB
Drove alone	87.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.4%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	3.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Edwards AFB
1-unit, detached	48.6%	64.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	32.7%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Edwards AFB
Poverty rate	47.3%	3.2%
Average household size	3.71	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	11
Median year structure built	1988	2000