Cottle County, Texas Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Cottle County, TX Population Density Map and Area Scores

Area Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • C
    Health Below average
    Less healthy than 87% of counties in Texas
  • D
    Income Well below average
    Less wealthy than 83% of counties in Texas
  • F
    Education Well below average

Source: Map AI Methodology

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Population density, people per sq mi

Population: density and quick facts

Metric Cottle County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Population 1,368 30,160,889 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 1.5 112.2 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) -1.22% 1.41% 0.59%
Median age 46.3 35.9 37.3
Households 577 10,982,153 130,235,071

Population in Cottle County declined by 19.3% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 1,368 in 2024.

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Cottle County is Boomers, aged 61–79, at 24.7% of residents. That is 11.4 points above Texas as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below Texas, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 52.0% of the people living in Cottle County and men 48.0%.

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Economy

Cottle County has a the economy index of D, which means it is barely prosperous.

Metric Cottle County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $58,999 $78,939 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 7.63% 4.56% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 12.6% 5.2% 5.2%

The median household income in Cottle County is about 25% lower than in Texas.

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Housing

Metric Cottle County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $450,000 $258,873 $248,835
Median rent $263 $1,402 $1,407
Homeownership rate 83.2% 62.6% 65.2%

The median home price in Cottle County is about 142.3 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $263 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Cottle County spend about 21 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 88 hours, about 3.7 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Cottle County Texas Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 10.6 22.8 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 21.2 45.6 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 88 190 187
Estimated yearly cost $2,735 $5,888 $5,790
Work from home 13.7% 14.4% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) 2,999 9,879 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 116 1,441 1,355

Fastest commutes among counties in Texas: Loving County (3.2 min), King County (5.8 min), Terrell County (6.5 min).
Slowest: Bandera County (38.6 min), San Jacinto County (35.9 min), Liberty County (33.6 min).

The average commute time in Cottle County is 11 minutes, shorter than the 23 minutes in Texas.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Cottle County has a education index of F, which means it scores poorly in education.

Metric Cottle County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 16.7% 29.3% 31.6%
Average household size 2.36 2.69 2.53

Highest education index among counties in Texas: Collin County (0.4), Travis County (0.4), Fort Bend County (0.4).
Lowest: Kenedy County (0.0), Hudspeth County (0.1), La Salle County (0.1).

Health

Cottle County has a health index of C, which means it is somewhat healthy.

Metric Cottle County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 79.8 78.0 78.3
Self-rated poor health 27.9% 21.1% 16.3%
Smokers 23.4% 19.9% 19.0%

Highest health index among counties in Texas: Collin County (0.8), Travis County (0.8), Denton County (0.8).
Lowest: Starr County (0.7), Brooks County (0.7), Presidio County (0.7).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Cottle County, Texas.

How big is Cottle County, Texas by population?

About 1,368 people live in Cottle County, Texas, in 577 households of 2.4 people on average. The median age is 46.3, so residents are older than the U.S. median of 37.3 by about 9 years.

How densely populated is Cottle County, Texas?

Averaged over its land area, Cottle County, Texas has 2 people per square mile, a density typical of rural areas. That is about 2% of the U.S. average of 86.

Is Cottle County, Texas an affordable place to live?

The median home costs 7.6 times the median household income ($450,000 against $58,999), compared with 3.1 times nationally. A ratio of about 3 is traditionally considered affordable. Median rent of $263 a month takes about 5% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

Is unemployment high in Cottle County, Texas?

Unemployment in Cottle County, Texas is 12.6%, well above the U.S. rate of 5.2%, so job seekers may face more competition than elsewhere.

What share of adults in Cottle County, Texas have a college degree?

16.7% of adults in Cottle County, Texas hold a bachelor's degree or higher (about 1 in 6), well below the U.S. share of 31.6%.

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