Cotton Valley vs Minden

A side-by-side comparison of Cotton Valley and Minden: population, income, housing, and more.

Cotton Valley and Minden are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Minden has the higher population (11,604 vs 711 in Cotton Valley). Minden has the higher median household income ($29,597 vs $26,875 in Cotton Valley). Minden has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $60,800 in Cotton Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Cotton Valley	Minden
Population	711	11,604
Median age	32.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$26,875	$29,597
Median home value	$60,800	$116,700
Median gross rent	$623	$803
Housing units	340	5,739
Homeownership rate	60.5%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotton Valley	Minden
Population	1,060 → 711 (-32.9%)	12,274 → 11,604 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$20,446 → $26,875 (+31.4%)	$24,894 → $29,597 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$45,700 → $60,800 (+33.0%)	$97,200 → $116,700 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$301 → $623 (+107.0%)	$766 → $803 (+4.8%)

Cotton Valley

Population

1,060711

Median household income

$20,446$26,875

Median home value

$45,700$60,800

Median gross rent

$301$623

Minden

Population

12,27411,604

Median household income

$24,894$29,597

Median home value

$97,200$116,700

Median gross rent

$766$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotton Valley	Minden
Under 5	12.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.0%
75 and over	4.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotton Valley	Minden
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	44.1%
Black or African American	46.6%	50.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotton Valley	Minden
No high school diploma	20.4%	15.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotton Valley	Minden
Drove alone	78.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	6.7%
Other means	7.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotton Valley	Minden
1-unit, detached	67.1%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Cotton Valley	Minden
Poverty rate	33.5%	34.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1963	1969