Cottage Grove is a medium-sized city located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 10,690 people and five associated neighborhoods, Cottage Grove is the 50th largest community in Oregon.Cottage Grove is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Cottage Grove is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cottage Grove who work in sales jobs (11.41%), office and administrative support (8.73%), and healthcare suport services (8.65%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Cottage Grove telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.34% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 education level of Cottage Grove citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.68% of adults 25 and older in Cottage Grove have a college degree. The per capita income in Cottage Grove in 2022 was $31,603, which is lower middle income relative to Oregon, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,412 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. Important ancestries of people in Cottage Grove include German, Irish, English, French, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Cottage Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
