Cottonwood vs Lehigh

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

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

Lehigh has the higher population (220 vs 113 in Cottonwood). Lehigh has the higher median household income ($55,353 vs $32,500 in Cottonwood). Lehigh has the higher median home value ($179,400 vs $86,800 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Lehigh
Population	113	220
Median age	54.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$32,500	$55,353
Median home value	$86,800	$179,400
Median gross rent	$580	$750
Housing units	70	125
Homeownership rate	75.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Lehigh
Population	142 → 113 (-20.4%)	284 → 220 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $32,500 (+3.0%)	$49,000 → $55,353 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $86,800 (-13.2%)	$61,400 → $179,400 (+192.2%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $580 (+9.4%)	$444 → $750 (+68.9%)

Cottonwood

Population

142113

Median household income

$31,563$32,500

Median home value

$100,000$86,800

Median gross rent

$530$580

Lehigh

Population

284220

Median household income

$49,000$55,353

Median home value

$61,400$179,400

Median gross rent

$444$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Lehigh
Under 5	4.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	5.9%
55 to 64	21.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	24.5%
75 and over	19.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Lehigh
White (non-Hispanic)	60.2%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.7%	0.5%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	27.4%	21.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Lehigh
No high school diploma	13.6%	18.1%
High school graduate	55.7%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Lehigh
Drove alone	91.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Lehigh
1-unit, detached	85.7%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Lehigh
Poverty rate	26.5%	30.9%
Average household size	1.88	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1975	1968