Cottondale vs Jacob City

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

Cottondale and Jacob City 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 224 in Jacob City). Cottondale has the higher median household income ($41,518 vs $33,333 in Jacob City). Cottondale has the higher median home value ($87,100 vs $69,800 in Jacob City).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Jacob City
Population	892	224
Median age	37.9 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,518	$33,333
Median home value	$87,100	$69,800
Median gross rent	$913	$743
Housing units	427	170
Homeownership rate	63.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	0.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Jacob City
Population	889 → 892 (+0.3%)	243 → 224 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$40,673 → $41,518 (+2.1%)	$25,682 → $33,333 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $87,100 (-7.9%)	$72,900 → $69,800 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $913 (+38.5%)	$518 → $743 (+43.4%)

Cottondale

Population

889892

Median household income

$40,673$41,518

Median home value

$94,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$659$913

Jacob City

Population

243224

Median household income

$25,682$33,333

Median home value

$72,900$69,800

Median gross rent

$518$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottondale	Jacob City
Under 5	3.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	6.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	19.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	15.6%
75 and over	11.2%	18.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Jacob City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	2.2%
Black or African American	8.0%	94.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Jacob City
No high school diploma	19.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	52.3%	75.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Jacob City
Drove alone	72.3%	89.1%
Carpooled	18.3%	1.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Jacob City
1-unit, detached	61.6%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	51.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Jacob City
Poverty rate	18.1%	12.1%
Average household size	2.50	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1975	1985