Cottonwood Shores vs Highland Haven

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

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

Cottonwood Shores has the higher population (1,626 vs 452 in Highland Haven). Highland Haven has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $64,716 in Cottonwood Shores). Highland Haven has the higher median home value ($461,300 vs $236,200 in Cottonwood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Shores	Highland Haven
Population	1,626	452
Median age	34.0 yrs	71.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,716	$88,500
Median home value	$236,200	$461,300
Median gross rent	$996	$2,250
Housing units	598	329
Homeownership rate	72.3%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Shores	Highland Haven
Population	1,467 → 1,626 (+10.8%)	508 → 452 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$54,766 → $64,716 (+18.2%)	$63,977 → $88,500 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$134,300 → $236,200 (+75.9%)	$316,700 → $461,300 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $996 (-10.5%)	—

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

Highland Haven

Population

508452

Median household income

$63,977$88,500

Median home value

$316,700$461,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Highland Haven
Under 5	9.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	3.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	3.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	1.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	4.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	19.2%
65 to 74	5.4%	39.4%
75 and over	5.1%	24.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Highland Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Shores	Highland Haven
No high school diploma	15.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Highland Haven
Drove alone	81.6%	75.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	13.9%
Other means	1.6%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Highland Haven
1-unit, detached	88.0%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
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	12.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Shores	Highland Haven
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.9%
Average household size	3.25	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1999	1986