Cottonwood Shores vs Meadowlakes

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

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

Meadowlakes has the higher population (2,113 vs 1,626 in Cottonwood Shores). Meadowlakes has the higher median household income ($79,635 vs $64,716 in Cottonwood Shores). Meadowlakes has the higher median home value ($364,300 vs $236,200 in Cottonwood Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood Shores	Meadowlakes
Population	1,626	2,113
Median age	34.0 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,716	$79,635
Median home value	$236,200	$364,300
Median gross rent	$996	$1,520
Housing units	598	1,029
Homeownership rate	72.3%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood Shores	Meadowlakes
Population	1,467 → 1,626 (+10.8%)	2,525 → 2,113 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$54,766 → $64,716 (+18.2%)	$88,219 → $79,635 (-9.7%)
Median home value	$134,300 → $236,200 (+75.9%)	$261,400 → $364,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $996 (-10.5%)	$1,235 → $1,520 (+23.1%)

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

Meadowlakes

Population

2,5252,113

Median household income

$88,219$79,635

Median home value

$261,400$364,300

Median gross rent

$1,235$1,520

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Meadowlakes
Under 5	9.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	11.0%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.3%	4.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	5.4%	20.6%
75 and over	5.1%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Meadowlakes
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood Shores	Meadowlakes
No high school diploma	15.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	39.4%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Meadowlakes
Drove alone	81.6%	64.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	22.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood Shores	Meadowlakes
1-unit, detached	88.0%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood Shores	Meadowlakes
Poverty rate	10.0%	3.1%
Average household size	3.25	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1999	1995