Cottonwood vs Tracy

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

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

Tracy has the higher population (1,869 vs 1,120 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($90,750 vs $60,682 in Tracy). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($180,200 vs $110,900 in Tracy).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Tracy
Population	1,120	1,869
Median age	37.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,750	$60,682
Median home value	$180,200	$110,900
Median gross rent	$914	$536
Housing units	517	861
Homeownership rate	78.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Tracy
Population	1,332 → 1,120 (-15.9%)	2,323 → 1,869 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $90,750 (+62.1%)	$51,094 → $60,682 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $180,200 (+13.0%)	$75,600 → $110,900 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $914 (+68.3%)	$614 → $536 (-12.7%)

Cottonwood

Population

1,3321,120

Median household income

$56,000$90,750

Median home value

$159,400$180,200

Median gross rent

$543$914

Tracy

Population

2,3231,869

Median household income

$51,094$60,682

Median home value

$75,600$110,900

Median gross rent

$614$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Tracy
Under 5	8.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	13.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.7%
75 and over	7.9%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Tracy
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Tracy
No high school diploma	2.0%	8.4%
High school graduate	22.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Tracy
Drove alone	82.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.1%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Tracy
1-unit, detached	77.9%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Tracy
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1971	1955