Cottonwood vs Stites

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

Cottonwood and Stites 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 171 in Stites). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $29,583 in Stites). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($206,800 vs $117,600 in Stites).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Stites
Population	1,138	171
Median age	36.8 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$29,583
Median home value	$206,800	$117,600
Median gross rent	$942	$725
Housing units	438	112
Homeownership rate	73.0%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Stites
Population	977 → 1,138 (+16.5%)	214 → 171 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$49,145 → $56,250 (+14.5%)	$25,000 → $29,583 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$128,600 → $206,800 (+60.8%)	$89,000 → $117,600 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $942 (+53.2%)	$681 → $725 (+6.5%)

Cottonwood

Population

9771,138

Median household income

$49,145$56,250

Median home value

$128,600$206,800

Median gross rent

$615$942

Stites

Population

214171

Median household income

$25,000$29,583

Median home value

$89,000$117,600

Median gross rent

$681$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Stites
Under 5	4.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	8.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	21.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	26.3%
75 and over	6.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Stites
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	92.4%
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%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Stites
No high school diploma	10.6%	16.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Stites
Drove alone	92.6%	92.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Stites
1-unit, detached	73.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Stites
Poverty rate	19.4%	35.7%
Average household size	3.05	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1963	1971