Cottonwood vs Rexland Acres

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

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

Rexland Acres has the higher population (3,667 vs 3,102 in Cottonwood). Rexland Acres has the higher median household income ($54,491 vs $40,339 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($256,400 vs $186,300 in Rexland Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Rexland Acres
Population	3,102	3,667
Median age	21.7 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,339	$54,491
Median home value	$256,400	$186,300
Median gross rent	$947	$1,349
Housing units	893	847
Homeownership rate	10.8%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Rexland Acres
Population	3,121 → 3,102 (-0.6%)	3,487 → 3,667 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$23,639 → $40,339 (+70.6%)	$44,650 → $54,491 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $256,400 (+159.5%)	$121,600 → $186,300 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $947 (+29.2%)	$1,163 → $1,349 (+16.0%)

Cottonwood

Population

3,1213,102

Median household income

$23,639$40,339

Median home value

$98,800$256,400

Median gross rent

$733$947

Rexland Acres

Population

3,4873,667

Median household income

$44,650$54,491

Median home value

$121,600$186,300

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Rexland Acres
Under 5	17.4%	12.2%
5 to 17	29.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	18.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	6.9%	6.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	3.9%	4.4%
75 and over	2.1%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Rexland Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	12.1%
Black or African American	12.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	79.7%	82.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Rexland Acres
No high school diploma	52.8%	37.1%
High school graduate	31.5%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Rexland Acres
Drove alone	87.1%	92.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	2.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Rexland Acres
1-unit, detached	48.6%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	2.8%
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	Rexland Acres
Poverty rate	47.3%	24.4%
Average household size	3.71	4.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1988	1964