Cottondale vs Graceville

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

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

Graceville has the higher population (2,609 vs 892 in Cottondale). Cottondale has the higher median household income ($41,518 vs $33,068 in Graceville). Graceville has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $87,100 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Graceville
Population	892	2,609
Median age	37.9 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,518	$33,068
Median home value	$87,100	$106,300
Median gross rent	$913	$807
Housing units	427	1,014
Homeownership rate	63.9%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Graceville
Population	889 → 892 (+0.3%)	2,432 → 2,609 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$40,673 → $41,518 (+2.1%)	$37,212 → $33,068 (-11.1%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $87,100 (-7.9%)	$103,400 → $106,300 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $913 (+38.5%)	$548 → $807 (+47.3%)

Cottondale

Population

889892

Median household income

$40,673$41,518

Median home value

$94,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$659$913

Graceville

Population

2,4322,609

Median household income

$37,212$33,068

Median home value

$103,400$106,300

Median gross rent

$548$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottondale	Graceville
Under 5	3.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	23.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	5.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.2%
75 and over	11.2%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Graceville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	66.8%
Black or African American	8.0%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Graceville
No high school diploma	19.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	52.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Graceville
Drove alone	72.3%	70.2%
Carpooled	18.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.6%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.1%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Graceville
1-unit, detached	61.6%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Graceville
Poverty rate	18.1%	24.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1975	1976