Cottage Grove vs Woodbury

A side-by-side comparison of Cottage Grove and Woodbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodbury has the higher population (76,945 vs 40,124 in Cottage Grove). Woodbury has the higher median household income ($126,222 vs $121,452 in Cottage Grove). Woodbury has the higher median home value ($434,900 vs $359,600 in Cottage Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Grove	Woodbury
Population	40,124	76,945
Median age	36.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$121,452	$126,222
Median home value	$359,600	$434,900
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,827
Housing units	14,038	29,147
Homeownership rate	88.4%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	63.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Grove	Woodbury
Population	36,602 → 40,124 (+9.6%)	69,906 → 76,945 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$102,039 → $121,452 (+19.0%)	$108,539 → $126,222 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$249,800 → $359,600 (+44.0%)	$323,000 → $434,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,342 → $1,644 (+22.5%)	$1,525 → $1,827 (+19.8%)

Cottage Grove

Population

36,60240,124

Median household income

$102,039$121,452

Median home value

$249,800$359,600

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,644

Woodbury

Population

69,90676,945

Median household income

$108,539$126,222

Median home value

$323,000$434,900

Median gross rent

$1,525$1,827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Grove	Woodbury
Under 5	7.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	17.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.3%
75 and over	5.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Grove	Woodbury
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	71.7%
Black or African American	5.3%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Grove	Woodbury
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	23.6%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	40.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Grove	Woodbury
Drove alone	71.2%	64.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.8%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.3%	24.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Grove	Woodbury
1-unit, detached	80.5%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	25.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Grove	Woodbury
Poverty rate	4.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.88	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1988	1997