Cottage Grove is a somewhat small city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 10,713 people and five associated neighborhoods, Cottage Grove is the 50th largest community in Oregon.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cottage Grove is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cottage Grove is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cottage Grove who work in office and administrative support (10.29%), sales jobs (10.08%), and food service (7.69%). Also of interest is that Cottage Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.58% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The percentage of adults in Cottage Grove who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.19% of the adults in Cottage Grove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Cottage Grove in 2022 was $27,942, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,768 for a family of four. However, Cottage Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cottage Grove is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cottage Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cottage Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Cottage Grove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cottage Grove include Irish, German, English, French, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Cottage Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
