Cottonwood Shores vs Granite Shoals

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

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

Granite Shoals has the higher population (5,247 vs 1,626 in Cottonwood Shores). Granite Shoals has the higher median household income ($69,602 vs $64,716 in Cottonwood Shores). Cottonwood Shores has the higher median home value ($236,200 vs $194,500 in Granite Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Shores	Granite Shoals
Population	1,626	5,247
Median age	34.0 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,716	$69,602
Median home value	$236,200	$194,500
Median gross rent	$996	$1,399
Housing units	598	2,571
Homeownership rate	72.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Shores	Granite Shoals
Population	1,467 → 1,626 (+10.8%)	5,121 → 5,247 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$54,766 → $64,716 (+18.2%)	$44,521 → $69,602 (+56.3%)
Median home value	$134,300 → $236,200 (+75.9%)	$132,300 → $194,500 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $996 (-10.5%)	$799 → $1,399 (+75.1%)

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

Granite Shoals

Population

5,1215,247

Median household income

$44,521$69,602

Median home value

$132,300$194,500

Median gross rent

$799$1,399

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Granite Shoals
Under 5	9.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.6%	23.7%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	11.7%
75 and over	5.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Granite Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	50.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	46.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Shores	Granite Shoals
No high school diploma	15.0%	22.5%
High school graduate	39.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Granite Shoals
Drove alone	81.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	11.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Granite Shoals
1-unit, detached	88.0%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Shores	Granite Shoals
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.0%
Average household size	3.25	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1999	1984