Cottonwood Falls vs Elmdale

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

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

Cottonwood Falls has the higher population (944 vs 39 in Elmdale). Cottonwood Falls has the higher median home value ($85,200 vs $42,000 in Elmdale). Since 2019, Elmdale's population has grown faster (+39.3% vs +20.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Falls	Elmdale
Population	944	39
Median age	36.0 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,631	—
Median home value	$85,200	$42,000
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	457	16
Homeownership rate	75.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Falls	Elmdale
Population	785 → 944 (+20.3%)	28 → 39 (+39.3%)
Median household income	$31,797 → $48,631 (+52.9%)	$39,375 → $42,917 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $85,200 (+20.3%)	$30,000 → $42,000 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$404 → $688 (+70.3%)	—

Cottonwood Falls

Population

785944

Median household income

$31,797$48,631

Median home value

$70,800$85,200

Median gross rent

$404$688

Elmdale

Population

2839

Median household income

$39,375$42,917

Median home value

$30,000$42,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Elmdale
Under 5	3.0%	25.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	33.3%
25 to 34	21.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	20.5%
75 and over	8.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Elmdale
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	66.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
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	6.4%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Falls	Elmdale
No high school diploma	10.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	50.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Elmdale
Drove alone	82.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Elmdale
1-unit, detached	85.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	37.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Falls	Elmdale
Poverty rate	12.5%	79.5%
Average household size	2.14	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1947	1938