Cottonwood Falls vs Strong City

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

Cottonwood Falls and Strong City 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 492 in Strong City). Strong City has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $48,631 in Cottonwood Falls). Strong City has the higher median home value ($94,100 vs $85,200 in Cottonwood Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Falls	Strong City
Population	944	492
Median age	36.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,631	$55,000
Median home value	$85,200	$94,100
Median gross rent	$688	$449
Housing units	457	325
Homeownership rate	75.1%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Falls	Strong City
Population	785 → 944 (+20.3%)	480 → 492 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$31,797 → $48,631 (+52.9%)	$44,318 → $55,000 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $85,200 (+20.3%)	$58,800 → $94,100 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$404 → $688 (+70.3%)	$566 → $449 (-20.7%)

Cottonwood Falls

Population

785944

Median household income

$31,797$48,631

Median home value

$70,800$85,200

Median gross rent

$404$688

Strong City

Population

480492

Median household income

$44,318$55,000

Median home value

$58,800$94,100

Median gross rent

$566$449

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Strong City
Under 5	3.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	21.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.0%
75 and over	8.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Strong City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	92.3%
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%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Falls	Strong City
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Strong City
Drove alone	82.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Falls	Strong City
1-unit, detached	85.8%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Falls	Strong City
Poverty rate	12.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.14	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1947	1958