Cottonwood, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cottonwood, CA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 15,768. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet COTTONWOOD-CA · Cottonwood, CA 1 ZIPs · 15,768 pop · #6538/25278 · Tehama County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $89,338
- RANK-UPPER #6538/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Flournoy
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 77% owners
- POP-TOWN 15,768
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $366,700
Nearest income peer: Flournoy, CA ( $3,656 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.
- Vina · lowest
Vina · lowest
$40,855 median HH income
- Los Molinos · near
Los Molinos · near
$59,798 median HH income
- Red Bluff · near
Red Bluff · near
$66,076 median HH income
- Tehama · near
Tehama · near
$70,893 median HH income
- Flournoy · near
Flournoy · near
$85,682 median HH income
- Cottonwood · this city · highest
Cottonwood · this city · highest
$89,338 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cottonwood, CA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- Top 26%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 15,768
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $89,338
- 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.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 96022 (15,768 residents). Household income $89,338 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cottonwood as a pure owner town.
Within California, Santa Maria is the closest lower-income city and Soda Springs the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 3 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cottonwood.
ZIP Codes in Cottonwood, CA
These ZIP codes sit in Tehama County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cottonwood. See the Tehama County roll-up →
No other city sharing Tehama County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Cottonwood. Red Bluff, Corning and Los Molinos sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Vina marks the far end of that range at $40,855, 54% below Cottonwood.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96022 | 15,768 | 25 | America/Los_Angeles |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Cottonwood, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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