Cottonwood Falls vs Matfield Green

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

Cottonwood Falls and Matfield Green 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 60 in Matfield Green). Cottonwood Falls has the higher median household income ($48,631 vs $41,875 in Matfield Green). Cottonwood Falls has the higher median home value ($85,200 vs $65,000 in Matfield Green).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Falls	Matfield Green
Population	944	60
Median age	36.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,631	$41,875
Median home value	$85,200	$65,000
Median gross rent	$688	$750
Housing units	457	31
Homeownership rate	75.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Falls	Matfield Green
Population	785 → 944 (+20.3%)	52 → 60 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$31,797 → $48,631 (+52.9%)	$31,563 → $41,875 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $85,200 (+20.3%)	$80,800 → $65,000 (-19.6%)
Median gross rent	$404 → $688 (+70.3%)	$650 → $750 (+15.4%)

Cottonwood Falls

Population

785944

Median household income

$31,797$48,631

Median home value

$70,800$85,200

Median gross rent

$404$688

Matfield Green

Population

5260

Median household income

$31,563$41,875

Median home value

$80,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$650$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Matfield Green
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	25.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.0%	3.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	31.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	18.3%
75 and over	8.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Matfield Green
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	96.7%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Falls	Matfield Green
No high school diploma	10.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Matfield Green
Drove alone	82.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Matfield Green
1-unit, detached	85.8%	83.9%
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%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Falls	Matfield Green
Poverty rate	12.5%	53.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1947	1938