Cottage Grove vs McFarland

A side-by-side comparison of Cottage Grove and McFarland: population, income, housing, and more.

Cottage Grove and McFarland are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McFarland has the higher population (9,230 vs 7,906 in Cottage Grove). Cottage Grove has the higher median household income ($132,717 vs $93,810 in McFarland). Cottage Grove has the higher median home value ($401,900 vs $363,400 in McFarland).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Grove	McFarland
Population	7,906	9,230
Median age	40.0 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$132,717	$93,810
Median home value	$401,900	$363,400
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,447
Housing units	3,328	3,821
Homeownership rate	76.6%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Grove	McFarland
Population	7,020 → 7,906 (+12.6%)	8,650 → 9,230 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$99,322 → $132,717 (+33.6%)	$92,944 → $93,810 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$277,500 → $401,900 (+44.8%)	$249,200 → $363,400 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,232 → $1,500 (+21.8%)	$1,061 → $1,447 (+36.4%)

Cottage Grove

Population

7,0207,906

Median household income

$99,322$132,717

Median home value

$277,500$401,900

Median gross rent

$1,232$1,500

McFarland

Population

8,6509,230

Median household income

$92,944$93,810

Median home value

$249,200$363,400

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Grove	McFarland
Under 5	7.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.2%
75 and over	7.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Grove	McFarland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Grove	McFarland
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.5%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Grove	McFarland
Drove alone	75.6%	76.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.5%	16.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Grove	McFarland
1-unit, detached	64.3%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	10.2%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	8.7%
20 or more units	14.1%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Grove	McFarland
Poverty rate	3.2%	2.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	2001	1986