ZIP 96022 · Cottonwood
Who lives in ZIP code 96022 (Cottonwood, CA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Cottonwood, CA · Tehama County
uszips 2026
People17,092
Median age41.8
Household income$89,338
Home value$362,582
Median rent$1,450/mo
Poverty9.6%
College degree+22.0%
Commute25 min
Place
- Metro area
- Red Bluff, CA (micro)
- Wider region
- Redding-Red Bluff, CA
- Time zone
- Pacific
- Density
- 27 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 6,246
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
18.3% are 65 or older; 78.8% are adults.
Household income
42.4% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $40,382.
Education (adults 25+)
36.5% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
9.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 53.2%
- Never married
- 25.4%
- Divorced
- 15.7%
- Widowed
- 5.7%
- Family size
- 3.15
- Dual-income families
- 53.3%
Housing
- Own their home
- 77.2%
- Rent burden
- 24.3%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.3%
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
- Self-employed
- 12.6%
- Farmers
- 3.5%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 24.8%
- Veterans
- 6.8%
- With a disability
- 14.6%
- No health insurance
- 6.1%
- Limited English
- 0.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.