Cottonwood vs Grays Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Cottonwood and Grays Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grays Prairie has the higher population (378 vs 335 in Cottonwood). Grays Prairie has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $100,417 in Cottonwood). Grays Prairie has the higher median home value ($291,700 vs $265,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Grays Prairie
Population	335	378
Median age	40.0 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$118,750
Median home value	$265,000	$291,700
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	119	125
Homeownership rate	72.0%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Grays Prairie
Population	237 → 335 (+41.4%)	292 → 378 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$106,042 → $100,417 (-5.3%)	$86,875 → $118,750 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $265,000 (+55.6%)	$163,500 → $291,700 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,125 → $675 (-40.0%)

Cottonwood

Population

237335

Median household income

$106,042$100,417

Median home value

$170,300$265,000

Grays Prairie

Population

292378

Median household income

$86,875$118,750

Median home value

$163,500$291,700

Median gross rent

$1,125$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Grays Prairie
Under 5	0.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	16.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	22.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	17.6%	23.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.2%
75 and over	0.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Grays Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Grays Prairie
No high school diploma	12.2%	19.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Grays Prairie
Drove alone	80.8%	67.9%
Carpooled	16.6%	20.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Grays Prairie
1-unit, detached	88.2%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.6%
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	10.1%	37.6%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Grays Prairie
Poverty rate	12.5%	2.4%
Average household size	3.13	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	50	56
Median year structure built	1989	1989