Cottonwood vs Minneota

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

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

Minneota has the higher population (1,531 vs 1,120 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $72,396 in Minneota). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($180,200 vs $158,100 in Minneota).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Minneota
Population	1,120	1,531
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$90,750	$72,396
Median home value	$180,200	$158,100
Median gross rent	$914	$629
Housing units	517	677
Homeownership rate	78.9%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Minneota
Population	1,332 → 1,120 (-15.9%)	1,282 → 1,531 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $90,750 (+62.1%)	$64,500 → $72,396 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $180,200 (+13.0%)	$108,900 → $158,100 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $914 (+68.3%)	$685 → $629 (-8.2%)

Cottonwood

Population

1,3321,120

Median household income

$56,000$90,750

Median home value

$159,400$180,200

Median gross rent

$543$914

Minneota

Population

1,2821,531

Median household income

$64,500$72,396

Median home value

$108,900$158,100

Median gross rent

$685$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Minneota
Under 5	8.6%	10.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.9%
75 and over	7.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Minneota
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Minneota
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	22.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Minneota
Drove alone	82.3%	71.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.4%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Minneota
1-unit, detached	77.9%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Minneota
Poverty rate	8.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	15	19
Median year structure built	1971	1968