Cottonwood vs Riggins

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

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

Cottonwood has the higher population (1,138 vs 236 in Riggins). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $51,250 in Riggins). Riggins has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $206,800 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Riggins
Population	1,138	236
Median age	36.8 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$51,250
Median home value	$206,800	$347,300
Median gross rent	$942	$667
Housing units	438	243
Homeownership rate	73.0%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Riggins
Population	977 → 1,138 (+16.5%)	258 → 236 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$49,145 → $56,250 (+14.5%)	$26,563 → $51,250 (+92.9%)
Median home value	$128,600 → $206,800 (+60.8%)	$162,500 → $347,300 (+113.7%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $942 (+53.2%)	$829 → $667 (-19.5%)

Cottonwood

Population

9771,138

Median household income

$49,145$56,250

Median home value

$128,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$615$942

Riggins

Population

258236

Median household income

$26,563$51,250

Median home value

$162,500$347,300

Median gross rent

$829$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Riggins
Under 5	4.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	21.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	3.8%
35 to 44	21.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	31.4%
75 and over	6.9%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Riggins
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Riggins
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Riggins
Drove alone	92.6%	53.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	35.5%
Other means	0.4%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Riggins
1-unit, detached	73.5%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Riggins
Poverty rate	19.4%	27.1%
Average household size	3.05	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1963	1979