Cottonwood vs Marshall

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

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

Marshall has the higher population (13,880 vs 1,120 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $64,636 in Marshall). Marshall has the higher median home value ($198,900 vs $180,200 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Marshall
Population	1,120	13,880
Median age	37.0 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,750	$64,636
Median home value	$180,200	$198,900
Median gross rent	$914	$742
Housing units	517	6,253
Homeownership rate	78.9%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Marshall
Population	1,332 → 1,120 (-15.9%)	13,651 → 13,880 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $90,750 (+62.1%)	$48,958 → $64,636 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $180,200 (+13.0%)	$154,100 → $198,900 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $914 (+68.3%)	$684 → $742 (+8.5%)

Cottonwood

Population

1,3321,120

Median household income

$56,000$90,750

Median home value

$159,400$180,200

Median gross rent

$543$914

Marshall

Population

13,65113,880

Median household income

$48,958$64,636

Median home value

$154,100$198,900

Median gross rent

$684$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Marshall
Under 5	8.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.1%
75 and over	7.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Marshall
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.1%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Marshall
No high school diploma	2.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	22.1%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Marshall
Drove alone	82.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Marshall
1-unit, detached	77.9%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	8.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Marshall
Poverty rate	8.1%	16.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	15	11
Median year structure built	1971	1976