Cottonwood vs Grangeville

A side-by-side comparison of Cottonwood and Grangeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Cottonwood and Grangeville are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grangeville has the higher population (3,443 vs 1,138 in Cottonwood). Grangeville has the higher median household income ($59,013 vs $56,250 in Cottonwood). Grangeville has the higher median home value ($262,000 vs $206,800 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Grangeville
Population	1,138	3,443
Median age	36.8 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$59,013
Median home value	$206,800	$262,000
Median gross rent	$942	$783
Housing units	438	1,811
Homeownership rate	73.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Grangeville
Population	977 → 1,138 (+16.5%)	3,187 → 3,443 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$49,145 → $56,250 (+14.5%)	$43,053 → $59,013 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$128,600 → $206,800 (+60.8%)	$139,100 → $262,000 (+88.4%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $942 (+53.2%)	$687 → $783 (+14.0%)

Cottonwood

Population

9771,138

Median household income

$49,145$56,250

Median home value

$128,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$615$942

Grangeville

Population

3,1873,443

Median household income

$43,053$59,013

Median home value

$139,100$262,000

Median gross rent

$687$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Grangeville
Under 5	4.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	4.5%
35 to 44	21.2%	4.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.5%
75 and over	6.9%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Grangeville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Grangeville
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	43.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Grangeville
Drove alone	92.6%	79.5%
Carpooled	1.7%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.5%
Other means	0.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Grangeville
1-unit, detached	73.5%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Grangeville
Poverty rate	19.4%	16.0%
Average household size	3.05	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1963	1967