Home values, rents and more in Cottonwood, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Cottonwood compares
The typical home in Cottonwood, CA is worth about $365,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Cottonwood are about the same as the typical value in the Redding metro area ($368,000) and about the same as the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Cottonwood rose 1.8%, compared with 0.0% in the Redding metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $95,577, against $72,636 in the Redding metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 7,408 people live in Cottonwood (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Cottonwood has the 7th-highest typical home value of the 19 cities in the Redding metro area and the 197th-lowest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: Shasta County, CA · Redding metro area · California
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.