Coalgate vs Cottonwood

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

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

Coalgate has the higher population (1,919 vs 113 in Cottonwood). Coalgate has the higher median household income ($37,716 vs $32,500 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $83,200 in Coalgate).

Population, income & housing

	Coalgate	Cottonwood
Population	1,919	113
Median age	37.0 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,716	$32,500
Median home value	$83,200	$86,800
Median gross rent	$638	$580
Housing units	912	70
Homeownership rate	51.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalgate	Cottonwood
Population	1,951 → 1,919 (-1.6%)	142 → 113 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$30,435 → $37,716 (+23.9%)	$31,563 → $32,500 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $83,200 (+12.3%)	$100,000 → $86,800 (-13.2%)
Median gross rent	$577 → $638 (+10.6%)	$530 → $580 (+9.4%)

Coalgate

Population

1,9511,919

Median household income

$30,435$37,716

Median home value

$74,100$83,200

Median gross rent

$577$638

Cottonwood

Population

142113

Median household income

$31,563$32,500

Median home value

$100,000$86,800

Median gross rent

$530$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalgate	Cottonwood
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	1.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	9.0%	21.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.0%
75 and over	7.7%	19.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalgate	Cottonwood
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	60.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.2%	9.7%
Asian	1.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	25.8%	27.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalgate	Cottonwood
No high school diploma	15.2%	13.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalgate	Cottonwood
Drove alone	78.6%	91.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalgate	Cottonwood
1-unit, detached	80.5%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Coalgate	Cottonwood
Poverty rate	32.7%	26.5%
Average household size	2.45	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1972	1975