About Cottonwood

Cottonwood is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,270 people and just one neighborhood, Cottonwood is the 187th largest community in Alabama.

When you are in Cottonwood, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.4% of Cottonwood's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Cottonwood is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Cottonwood who work in sales jobs (11.91%), office and administrative support jobs (10.83%), and healthcare (7.31%).

One downside of living in Cottonwood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cottonwood, the average commute to work is 32.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Cottonwood is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Cottonwood isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.7% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Cottonwood Information and Demographics

The population of Cottonwood has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.92% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Cottonwood in 2000 was $13,891, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $55,564 for a family of four.

Cottonwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cottonwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cottonwood is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cottonwood include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Cottonwood is English.