Burnet vs Cottonwood Shores

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

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

Burnet has the higher population (6,630 vs 1,626 in Cottonwood Shores). Burnet has the higher median household income ($88,000 vs $64,716 in Cottonwood Shores). Burnet has the higher median home value ($245,900 vs $236,200 in Cottonwood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Burnet	Cottonwood Shores
Population	6,630	1,626
Median age	41.4 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,000	$64,716
Median home value	$245,900	$236,200
Median gross rent	$1,012	$996
Housing units	2,533	598
Homeownership rate	74.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnet	Cottonwood Shores
Population	6,266 → 6,630 (+5.8%)	1,467 → 1,626 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$58,869 → $88,000 (+49.5%)	$54,766 → $64,716 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $245,900 (+48.7%)	$134,300 → $236,200 (+75.9%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $1,012 (+44.0%)	$1,113 → $996 (-10.5%)

Burnet

Population

6,2666,630

Median household income

$58,869$88,000

Median home value

$165,400$245,900

Median gross rent

$703$1,012

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)

	Burnet	Cottonwood Shores
Under 5	5.1%	9.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	11.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	5.4%
75 and over	11.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnet	Cottonwood Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	49.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnet	Cottonwood Shores
No high school diploma	10.4%	15.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnet	Cottonwood Shores
Drove alone	76.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	13.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.6%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnet	Cottonwood Shores
1-unit, detached	77.3%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnet	Cottonwood Shores
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.0%
Average household size	2.55	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1980	1999