Cottonwood vs Redding

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

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

Redding has the higher population (93,268 vs 7,170 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($96,679 vs $69,443 in Redding). Redding has the higher median home value ($363,800 vs $362,800 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Redding
Population	7,170	93,268
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,679	$69,443
Median home value	$362,800	$363,800
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,323
Housing units	2,650	39,937
Homeownership rate	63.7%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Redding
Population	3,243 → 7,170 (+121.1%)	91,580 → 93,268 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$34,653 → $96,679 (+179.0%)	$54,278 → $69,443 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $362,800 (+128.0%)	$264,900 → $363,800 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,219 (+35.0%)	$1,075 → $1,323 (+23.1%)

Cottonwood

Population

3,2437,170

Median household income

$34,653$96,679

Median home value

$159,100$362,800

Median gross rent

$903$1,219

Redding

Population

91,58093,268

Median household income

$54,278$69,443

Median home value

$264,900$363,800

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Redding
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.8%
75 and over	4.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Redding
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	73.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.6%
Asian	2.8%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Redding
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	23.1%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Redding
Drove alone	81.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Redding
1-unit, detached	64.7%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	6.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	21.5%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Redding
Poverty rate	8.4%	13.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1980	1983