Cottonwood vs Pine Mountain Club

A side-by-side comparison of Cottonwood and Pine Mountain Club: population, income, housing, and more.

Cottonwood and Pine Mountain Club 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 2,661 in Pine Mountain Club). Pine Mountain Club has the higher median household income ($56,681 vs $40,339 in Cottonwood). Pine Mountain Club has the higher median home value ($365,700 vs $256,400 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Pine Mountain Club
Population	3,102	2,661
Median age	21.7 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,339	$56,681
Median home value	$256,400	$365,700
Median gross rent	$947	$1,807
Housing units	893	2,283
Homeownership rate	10.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Pine Mountain Club
Population	3,121 → 3,102 (-0.6%)	1,751 → 2,661 (+52.0%)
Median household income	$23,639 → $40,339 (+70.6%)	$54,265 → $56,681 (+4.5%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $256,400 (+159.5%)	$249,200 → $365,700 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $947 (+29.2%)	$1,321 → $1,807 (+36.8%)

Cottonwood

Population

3,1213,102

Median household income

$23,639$40,339

Median home value

$98,800$256,400

Median gross rent

$733$947

Pine Mountain Club

Population

1,7512,661

Median household income

$54,265$56,681

Median home value

$249,200$365,700

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Pine Mountain Club
Under 5	17.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	29.2%	9.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	19.9%
65 to 74	3.9%	19.7%
75 and over	2.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Pine Mountain Club
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	59.6%
Black or African American	12.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	15.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	79.7%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Pine Mountain Club
No high school diploma	52.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	31.5%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Pine Mountain Club
Drove alone	87.1%	64.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.2%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	23.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Pine Mountain Club
1-unit, detached	48.6%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	19.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Pine Mountain Club
Poverty rate	47.3%	13.3%
Average household size	3.71	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	48
Median year structure built	1988	1983