Cottondale vs Grand Ridge

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

Cottondale and Grand Ridge 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 845 in Grand Ridge). Grand Ridge has the higher median household income ($43,333 vs $41,518 in Cottondale). Grand Ridge has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $87,100 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Grand Ridge
Population	892	845
Median age	37.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,518	$43,333
Median home value	$87,100	$104,300
Median gross rent	$913	$697
Housing units	427	418
Homeownership rate	63.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Grand Ridge
Population	889 → 892 (+0.3%)	859 → 845 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$40,673 → $41,518 (+2.1%)	$33,000 → $43,333 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $87,100 (-7.9%)	$96,600 → $104,300 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $913 (+38.5%)	$650 → $697 (+7.2%)

Cottondale

Population

889892

Median household income

$40,673$41,518

Median home value

$94,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$659$913

Grand Ridge

Population

859845

Median household income

$33,000$43,333

Median home value

$96,600$104,300

Median gross rent

$650$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottondale	Grand Ridge
Under 5	3.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	20.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	14.4%
75 and over	11.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Grand Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	76.9%
Black or African American	8.0%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Grand Ridge
No high school diploma	19.4%	17.4%
High school graduate	52.3%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Grand Ridge
Drove alone	72.3%	88.5%
Carpooled	18.3%	5.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Grand Ridge
1-unit, detached	61.6%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	41.6%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Grand Ridge
Poverty rate	18.1%	17.4%
Average household size	2.50	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1975	1989