Bascom vs Cottondale

A side-by-side comparison of Bascom and Cottondale: population, income, housing, and more.

Bascom and Cottondale are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cottondale has the higher population (892 vs 152 in Bascom). Bascom has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $41,518 in Cottondale). Bascom has the higher median home value ($95,500 vs $87,100 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Bascom	Cottondale
Population	152	892
Median age	48.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$41,518
Median home value	$95,500	$87,100
Median gross rent	—	$913
Housing units	93	427
Homeownership rate	82.9%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bascom	Cottondale
Population	56 → 152 (+171.4%)	889 → 892 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $70,500 (+56.7%)	$40,673 → $41,518 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $95,500 (+6.1%)	$94,600 → $87,100 (-7.9%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $642 (+5.9%)	$659 → $913 (+38.5%)

Bascom

Population

56152

Median household income

$45,000$70,500

Median home value

$90,000$95,500

Median gross rent

$606$642

Cottondale

Population

889892

Median household income

$40,673$41,518

Median home value

$94,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$659$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bascom	Cottondale
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	3.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	34.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	22.4%	7.6%
75 and over	7.2%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bascom	Cottondale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.0%
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	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bascom	Cottondale
No high school diploma	6.6%	19.4%
High school graduate	55.4%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bascom	Cottondale
Drove alone	97.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	2.3%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bascom	Cottondale
1-unit, detached	73.1%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	26.9%	22.7%

Poverty & households

	Bascom	Cottondale
Poverty rate	6.6%	18.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1960	1975