What is the population of Cottage Grove city?

Cottage Grove city has 10,630 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 426 in Oregon.

What is the median household income in Cottage Grove city?

Median household income in Cottage Grove city is $64,133 a year, 18.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cottage Grove city?

Median gross rent is $1,031 a month and the median home value is $318,800, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.

Is Cottage Grove city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cottage Grove city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cottage Grove, OR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cottage Grove, Oregon (Cottage Grove, OR — Census place “Cottage Grove city”) is 10,630 residents, ranking #59 of 426 places in Oregon. Median household income is $64,133, the median home is worth $318,800 and median gross rent runs $1,031 a month. Looking for the Cottage Grove Oregon ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cottage Grove, OR: 97424.

Population: 10,630Cottage Grove city residents
Median household income: $64,133Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $318,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,031Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57%Owner-occupied households

Cottage Grove ZIP codes (Oregon)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cottage Grove.

The Cottage Grove OR ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

97424

What the numbers mean in Cottage Grove city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cottage Grove city median would spend about 19.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.3% of residents and 57% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cottage Grove city, OR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cottage Grove city is a mid-size town in Oregon, with 10,630 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 426 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 39.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Cottage Grove city earn a median of $64,133 a year, 18.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $74,006 median for the 228 Oregon cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cottage Grove city is valued at $318,800, 5.1% above the national figure and 16% below the $377,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,031 a month, 26.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,372 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 57% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Cottage Grove city?: Cottage Grove city has 10,630 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 426 in Oregon.
What is the median household income in Cottage Grove city?: Median household income in Cottage Grove city is $64,133 a year, 18.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cottage Grove city?: Median gross rent is $1,031 a month and the median home value is $318,800, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.
Is Cottage Grove city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cottage Grove city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cottage Grove city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.