Bertram vs Cottonwood Shores

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

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

Bertram has the higher population (1,998 vs 1,626 in Cottonwood Shores). Cottonwood Shores has the higher median household income ($64,716 vs $63,750 in Bertram). Cottonwood Shores has the higher median home value ($236,200 vs $195,100 in Bertram).

Population, income & housing

	Bertram	Cottonwood Shores
Population	1,998	1,626
Median age	37.7 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$64,716
Median home value	$195,100	$236,200
Median gross rent	$1,343	$996
Housing units	780	598
Homeownership rate	78.1%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertram	Cottonwood Shores
Population	2,254 → 1,998 (-11.4%)	1,467 → 1,626 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$73,657 → $63,750 (-13.5%)	$54,766 → $64,716 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$143,000 → $195,100 (+36.4%)	$134,300 → $236,200 (+75.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,010 → $1,343 (+33.0%)	$1,113 → $996 (-10.5%)

Bertram

Population

2,2541,998

Median household income

$73,657$63,750

Median home value

$143,000$195,100

Median gross rent

$1,010$1,343

Cottonwood Shores

Population

1,4671,626

Median household income

$54,766$64,716

Median home value

$134,300$236,200

Median gross rent

$1,113$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertram	Cottonwood Shores
Under 5	6.8%	9.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	5.4%
75 and over	6.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertram	Cottonwood Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	49.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.5%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertram	Cottonwood Shores
No high school diploma	19.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertram	Cottonwood Shores
Drove alone	76.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.2%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.6%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertram	Cottonwood Shores
1-unit, detached	86.2%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Bertram	Cottonwood Shores
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.64	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1986	1999