Cottonwood vs Old Stine

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

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

Old Stine has the higher population (3,756 vs 3,102 in Cottonwood). Old Stine has the higher median household income ($65,026 vs $40,339 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($256,400 vs $233,500 in Old Stine).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Old Stine
Population	3,102	3,756
Median age	21.7 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,339	$65,026
Median home value	$256,400	$233,500
Median gross rent	$947	$1,563
Housing units	893	1,161
Homeownership rate	10.8%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	14.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Old Stine
Population	3,121 → 3,102 (-0.6%)	3,477 → 3,756 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$23,639 → $40,339 (+70.6%)	$48,234 → $65,026 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $256,400 (+159.5%)	$167,300 → $233,500 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $947 (+29.2%)	$950 → $1,563 (+64.5%)

Cottonwood

Population

3,1213,102

Median household income

$23,639$40,339

Median home value

$98,800$256,400

Median gross rent

$733$947

Old Stine

Population

3,4773,756

Median household income

$48,234$65,026

Median home value

$167,300$233,500

Median gross rent

$950$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Old Stine
Under 5	17.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	29.2%	23.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	3.9%	5.2%
75 and over	2.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Old Stine
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	33.5%
Black or African American	12.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	79.7%	57.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Old Stine
No high school diploma	52.8%	19.4%
High school graduate	31.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Old Stine
Drove alone	87.1%	84.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	1.8%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Old Stine
1-unit, detached	48.6%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	19.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Old Stine
Poverty rate	47.3%	26.2%
Average household size	3.71	3.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1988	1957