Cottonwood Shores vs Marble Falls

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

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

Marble Falls has the higher population (7,255 vs 1,626 in Cottonwood Shores). Cottonwood Shores has the higher median household income ($64,716 vs $55,511 in Marble Falls). Marble Falls has the higher median home value ($294,900 vs $236,200 in Cottonwood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Shores	Marble Falls
Population	1,626	7,255
Median age	34.0 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,716	$55,511
Median home value	$236,200	$294,900
Median gross rent	$996	$1,377
Housing units	598	3,231
Homeownership rate	72.3%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Shores	Marble Falls
Population	1,467 → 1,626 (+10.8%)	6,542 → 7,255 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$54,766 → $64,716 (+18.2%)	$43,793 → $55,511 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$134,300 → $236,200 (+75.9%)	$191,600 → $294,900 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $996 (-10.5%)	$797 → $1,377 (+72.8%)

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

Marble Falls

Population

6,5427,255

Median household income

$43,793$55,511

Median home value

$191,600$294,900

Median gross rent

$797$1,377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Marble Falls
Under 5	9.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	6.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	8.6%
75 and over	5.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Marble Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	69.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	28.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Shores	Marble Falls
No high school diploma	15.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Marble Falls
Drove alone	81.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	21.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Marble Falls
1-unit, detached	88.0%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Shores	Marble Falls
Poverty rate	10.0%	13.0%
Average household size	3.25	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1999	2002