Cottonwood vs Scurry

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

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

Scurry has the higher population (720 vs 335 in Cottonwood). Scurry has the higher median household income ($108,125 vs $100,417 in Cottonwood). Scurry has the higher median home value ($309,500 vs $265,000 in Cottonwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cottonwood	Scurry
Population	335	720
Median age	40.0 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$108,125
Median home value	$265,000	$309,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,227
Housing units	119	255
Homeownership rate	72.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottonwood	Scurry
Population	237 → 335 (+41.4%)	464 → 720 (+55.2%)
Median household income	$106,042 → $100,417 (-5.3%)	$58,438 → $108,125 (+85.0%)
Median home value	$170,300 → $265,000 (+55.6%)	$180,400 → $309,500 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$788 → $1,227 (+55.7%)

Cottonwood

Population

237335

Median household income

$106,042$100,417

Median home value

$170,300$265,000

Scurry

Population

464720

Median household income

$58,438$108,125

Median home value

$180,400$309,500

Median gross rent

$788$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottonwood	Scurry
Under 5	0.9%	10.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	21.1%
35 to 44	22.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	7.9%
65 to 74	4.8%	5.0%
75 and over	0.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottonwood	Scurry
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottonwood	Scurry
No high school diploma	12.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	28.2%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottonwood	Scurry
Drove alone	80.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	16.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottonwood	Scurry
1-unit, detached	88.2%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottonwood	Scurry
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.5%
Average household size	3.13	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	50	44
Median year structure built	1989	1998