Cottonwood vs Lynd

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

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

Cottonwood has the higher population (1,120 vs 570 in Lynd). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $79,375 in Lynd). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($180,200 vs $170,000 in Lynd).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Lynd
Population	1,120	570
Median age	37.0 yrs	26.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,750	$79,375
Median home value	$180,200	$170,000
Median gross rent	$914	$737
Housing units	517	193
Homeownership rate	78.9%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Lynd
Population	1,332 → 1,120 (-15.9%)	400 → 570 (+42.5%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $90,750 (+62.1%)	$56,563 → $79,375 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $180,200 (+13.0%)	$83,300 → $170,000 (+104.1%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $914 (+68.3%)	$779 → $737 (-5.4%)

Cottonwood

Population

1,3321,120

Median household income

$56,000$90,750

Median home value

$159,400$180,200

Median gross rent

$543$914

Lynd

Population

400570

Median household income

$56,563$79,375

Median home value

$83,300$170,000

Median gross rent

$779$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Lynd
Under 5	8.6%	13.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	30.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.1%
75 and over	7.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Lynd
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	59.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	38.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Lynd
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	22.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Lynd
Drove alone	82.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Lynd
1-unit, detached	77.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Lynd
Poverty rate	8.1%	32.9%
Average household size	2.38	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1971	1984