PlainZIP

Cottonwood, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cottonwood, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,837. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet COTTONWOOD-AL · Cottonwood, AL 1 ZIPs · 3,837 pop · #21778/25278 · Houston County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $50,000
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21778/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Webb
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,837
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $152,700

Nearest income peer: Webb, AL ( $300 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Cottonwood

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cottonwood on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cottonwood, AL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,837
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$50,000
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($50,000 average) · poverty 18.8%. The primary code (36320) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (79.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cottonwood as a pure owner town.

Within Alabama, Coffee Springs is the closest lower-income city and Geneva the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cottonwood.

Population concentration

Cottonwood reads through its lone ZIP, 36320

3,837 ACS residents, one ZIP: 36320 is not the leading code inside Cottonwood, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Cottonwood

Citywide ZBP: 34 establishments, 799 employees , annual payroll $36,894k (~9 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 36320 (34 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (10) · also Other services (except public administration) · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Cottonwood, AL

These ZIP codes sit in Houston County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cottonwood. See the Houston County roll-up →

Cottonwood sits in the lower half of Houston County on income: Dothan, Ashford and Newton report more, and only Gordon reports less. Newton marks the far end of that range at $71,997, 44% above Cottonwood.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
36320 3,837 $50,000 34 23
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Cottonwood roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Cottonwood, .