Cottonwood vs Weedpatch

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

Cottonwood and Weedpatch 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 Weedpatch). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($40,339 vs $21,450 in Weedpatch). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($256,400 vs $135,700 in Weedpatch).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Weedpatch
Population	3,102	2,661
Median age	21.7 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,339	$21,450
Median home value	$256,400	$135,700
Median gross rent	$947	$783
Housing units	893	912
Homeownership rate	10.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	3.2%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Weedpatch
Population	3,121 → 3,102 (-0.6%)	2,291 → 2,661 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$23,639 → $40,339 (+70.6%)	$24,894 → $21,450 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $256,400 (+159.5%)	$113,000 → $135,700 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $947 (+29.2%)	$705 → $783 (+11.1%)

Cottonwood

Population

3,1213,102

Median household income

$23,639$40,339

Median home value

$98,800$256,400

Median gross rent

$733$947

Weedpatch

Population

2,2912,661

Median household income

$24,894$21,450

Median home value

$113,000$135,700

Median gross rent

$705$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Weedpatch
Under 5	17.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	29.2%	29.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	20.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	7.2%	7.8%
65 to 74	3.9%	8.5%
75 and over	2.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Weedpatch
White (non-Hispanic)	3.1%	8.6%
Black or African American	12.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	79.7%	90.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Weedpatch
No high school diploma	52.8%	67.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Weedpatch
Drove alone	87.1%	93.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Weedpatch
1-unit, detached	48.6%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	19.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Weedpatch
Poverty rate	47.3%	48.1%
Average household size	3.71	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1988	1974