Cottondale vs Greenwood

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

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

Greenwood has the higher population (958 vs 892 in Cottondale). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($56,579 vs $41,518 in Cottondale). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $87,100 in Cottondale).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Greenwood
Population	892	958
Median age	37.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,518	$56,579
Median home value	$87,100	$101,800
Median gross rent	$913	$939
Housing units	427	332
Homeownership rate	63.9%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Greenwood
Population	889 → 892 (+0.3%)	607 → 958 (+57.8%)
Median household income	$40,673 → $41,518 (+2.1%)	$47,375 → $56,579 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $87,100 (-7.9%)	$84,100 → $101,800 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $913 (+38.5%)	$850 → $939 (+10.5%)

Cottondale

Population

889892

Median household income

$40,673$41,518

Median home value

$94,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$659$913

Greenwood

Population

607958

Median household income

$47,375$56,579

Median home value

$84,100$101,800

Median gross rent

$850$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottondale	Greenwood
Under 5	3.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.6%
75 and over	11.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Greenwood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	62.1%
Black or African American	8.0%	28.0%
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	4.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Greenwood
No high school diploma	19.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	52.3%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Greenwood
Drove alone	72.3%	91.8%
Carpooled	18.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Greenwood
1-unit, detached	61.6%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Greenwood
Poverty rate	18.1%	21.6%
Average household size	2.50	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1975	1974