Cottonwood vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Cottonwood and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (671 vs 335 in Cottonwood). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($109,107 vs $100,417 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $260,700 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Oak Grove
Population	335	671
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$109,107
Median home value	$265,000	$260,700
Housing units	119	257
Homeownership rate	72.0%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Oak Grove
Population	237 → 335 (+41.4%)	579 → 671 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$106,042 → $100,417 (-5.3%)	$78,750 → $109,107 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $265,000 (+55.6%)	$171,800 → $260,700 (+51.7%)

Cottonwood

Population

237335

Median household income

$106,042$100,417

Median home value

$170,300$265,000

Oak Grove

Population

579671

Median household income

$78,750$109,107

Median home value

$171,800$260,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Oak Grove
Under 5	0.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	22.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.9%
75 and over	0.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	55.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	39.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	12.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Oak Grove
Drove alone	80.8%	76.8%
Carpooled	16.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	88.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.6%
Average household size	3.13	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	50	37
Median year structure built	1989	1977