Cottonwood vs Post Oak Bend

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

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

Post Oak Bend has the higher population (616 vs 335 in Cottonwood). Post Oak Bend has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $100,417 in Cottonwood). Post Oak Bend has the higher median home value ($365,500 vs $265,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Post Oak Bend
Population	335	616
Median age	40.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$110,000
Median home value	$265,000	$365,500
Median gross rent	—	$979
Housing units	119	238
Homeownership rate	72.0%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Post Oak Bend
Population	237 → 335 (+41.4%)	—
Median household income	$106,042 → $100,417 (-5.3%)	—
Median home value	$170,300 → $265,000 (+55.6%)	—

Cottonwood

Population

237335

Median household income

$106,042$100,417

Median home value

$170,300$265,000

Post Oak Bend

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Post Oak Bend
Under 5	0.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	22.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	17.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	19.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.2%
75 and over	0.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Post Oak Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.8%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Post Oak Bend
No high school diploma	12.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	28.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Post Oak Bend
Drove alone	80.8%	85.0%
Carpooled	16.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Post Oak Bend
1-unit, detached	88.2%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.1%
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%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Post Oak Bend
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.6%
Average household size	3.13	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	50	40
Median year structure built	1989	2002