What is the population of Cottonwood Shores city?

Cottonwood Shores city has 1,626 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #816 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Cottonwood Shores city?

Median household income in Cottonwood Shores city is $64,716 a year, 17.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cottonwood Shores city?

Median gross rent is $996 a month and the median home value is $236,200, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Cottonwood Shores city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cottonwood Shores city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cottonwood Shores, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cottonwood Shores, Texas (Cottonwood Shores, TX — Census place “Cottonwood Shores city”) is 1,626 residents, ranking #816 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $64,716, the median home is worth $236,200 and median gross rent runs $996 a month. Looking for the Cottonwood Shores Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cottonwood Shores, TX: 78657.

Population: 1,626Cottonwood Shores city residents
Median household income: $64,716Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $236,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $996Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.3%Owner-occupied households

Cottonwood Shores ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cottonwood Shores.

The Cottonwood Shores TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

78657

What the numbers mean in Cottonwood Shores city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cottonwood Shores city median would spend about 18.5% 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 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10% of residents and 72.3% of households own their home.

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

Cottonwood Shores city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cottonwood Shores city is a small town in Texas, with 1,626 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #816 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 56% of them. The median age here is 34 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Cottonwood Shores city earn a median of $64,716 a year, 17.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas 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 10% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cottonwood Shores city is valued at $236,200, 22.1% below the national figure and 32% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $996 a month, 29.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,952 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% 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 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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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What is the population of Cottonwood Shores city?: Cottonwood Shores city has 1,626 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #816 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Cottonwood Shores city?: Median household income in Cottonwood Shores city is $64,716 a year, 17.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cottonwood Shores city?: Median gross rent is $996 a month and the median home value is $236,200, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Cottonwood Shores city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cottonwood Shores city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cottonwood Shores city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.