Cottonwood vs Rosser

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

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

Rosser has the higher population (388 vs 335 in Cottonwood). Cottonwood has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $91,875 in Rosser). Rosser has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $265,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Rosser
Population	335	388
Median age	40.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$91,875
Median home value	$265,000	$268,500
Median gross rent	—	$595
Housing units	119	114
Homeownership rate	72.0%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Rosser
Population	237 → 335 (+41.4%)	285 → 388 (+36.1%)
Median household income	$106,042 → $100,417 (-5.3%)	$38,333 → $91,875 (+139.7%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $265,000 (+55.6%)	$68,300 → $268,500 (+293.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$580 → $595 (+2.6%)

Cottonwood

Population

237335

Median household income

$106,042$100,417

Median home value

$170,300$265,000

Rosser

Population

285388

Median household income

$38,333$91,875

Median home value

$68,300$268,500

Median gross rent

$580$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Rosser
Under 5	0.9%	0.5%
5 to 17	22.1%	25.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	22.7%	18.3%
45 to 54	17.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.8%
75 and over	0.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Rosser
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	33.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	22.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	1.3%
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%	23.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Rosser
No high school diploma	12.2%	27.3%
High school graduate	28.2%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Rosser
Drove alone	80.8%	88.3%
Carpooled	16.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Rosser
1-unit, detached	88.2%	52.6%
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%	47.4%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Rosser
Poverty rate	12.5%	3.1%
Average household size	3.13	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	50	49
Median year structure built	1989	1986