Cotulla vs Encinal

A side-by-side comparison of Cotulla and Encinal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cotulla has the higher population (3,690 vs 992 in Encinal). Cotulla has the higher median household income ($58,511 vs $48,702 in Encinal). Encinal has the higher median home value ($107,300 vs $79,000 in Cotulla).

Population, income & housing

	Cotulla	Encinal
Population	3,690	992
Median age	38.8 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,511	$48,702
Median home value	$79,000	$107,300
Median gross rent	—	$842
Housing units	1,416	353
Homeownership rate	77.2%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotulla	Encinal
Population	4,168 → 3,690 (-11.5%)	799 → 992 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$52,588 → $58,511 (+11.3%)	$50,795 → $48,702 (-4.1%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $79,000 (-9.4%)	$59,800 → $107,300 (+79.4%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $848 (+31.5%)	$680 → $842 (+23.8%)

Cotulla

Population

4,1683,690

Median household income

$52,588$58,511

Median home value

$87,200$79,000

Median gross rent

$645$848

Encinal

Population

799992

Median household income

$50,795$48,702

Median home value

$59,800$107,300

Median gross rent

$680$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cotulla	Encinal
Under 5	2.4%	1.3%
5 to 17	24.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	12.5%	14.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	8.7%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	2.8%
75 and over	8.0%	31.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotulla	Encinal
White (non-Hispanic)	7.3%	30.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	90.1%	69.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotulla	Encinal
No high school diploma	25.8%	45.3%
High school graduate	53.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	4.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotulla	Encinal
Drove alone	82.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	4.0%
Other means	1.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotulla	Encinal
1-unit, detached	63.3%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Cotulla	Encinal
Poverty rate	29.9%	15.2%
Average household size	3.54	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	12	15
Median year structure built	1983	1946