Cottondale vs Malone

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

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

Malone has the higher population (2,275 vs 892 in Cottondale). Malone has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $41,518 in Cottondale). Cottondale has the higher median home value ($87,100 vs $73,600 in Malone).

Population, income & housing

	Cottondale	Malone
Population	892	2,275
Median age	37.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,518	$41,875
Median home value	$87,100	$73,600
Median gross rent	$913	$738
Housing units	427	423
Homeownership rate	63.9%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottondale	Malone
Population	889 → 892 (+0.3%)	2,013 → 2,275 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$40,673 → $41,518 (+2.1%)	$34,833 → $41,875 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $87,100 (-7.9%)	$96,900 → $73,600 (-24.0%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $913 (+38.5%)	$692 → $738 (+6.6%)

Cottondale

Population

889892

Median household income

$40,673$41,518

Median home value

$94,600$87,100

Median gross rent

$659$913

Malone

Population

2,0132,275

Median household income

$34,833$41,875

Median home value

$96,900$73,600

Median gross rent

$692$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottondale	Malone
Under 5	3.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	23.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	17.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	5.7%
75 and over	11.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottondale	Malone
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	43.2%
Black or African American	8.0%	39.4%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottondale	Malone
No high school diploma	19.4%	29.4%
High school graduate	52.3%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottondale	Malone
Drove alone	72.3%	86.0%
Carpooled	18.3%	1.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	12.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottondale	Malone
1-unit, detached	61.6%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Cottondale	Malone
Poverty rate	18.1%	24.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1975	1969