Cowan vs Decherd

A side-by-side comparison of Cowan and Decherd: population, income, housing, and more.

Cowan and Decherd are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Decherd has the higher population (2,816 vs 1,777 in Cowan). Cowan has the higher median household income ($37,295 vs $34,646 in Decherd). Cowan has the higher median home value ($122,500 vs $118,600 in Decherd).

Population, income & housing

	Cowan	Decherd
Population	1,777	2,816
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,295	$34,646
Median home value	$122,500	$118,600
Median gross rent	$716	$848
Housing units	757	1,427
Homeownership rate	56.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowan	Decherd
Population	1,313 → 1,777 (+35.3%)	3,058 → 2,816 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$27,019 → $37,295 (+38.0%)	$34,504 → $34,646 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $122,500 (+55.9%)	$91,500 → $118,600 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $716 (+26.3%)	$742 → $848 (+14.3%)

Cowan

Population

1,3131,777

Median household income

$27,019$37,295

Median home value

$78,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$567$716

Decherd

Population

3,0582,816

Median household income

$34,504$34,646

Median home value

$91,500$118,600

Median gross rent

$742$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowan	Decherd
Under 5	9.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	17.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.7%
75 and over	6.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowan	Decherd
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	87.0%
Black or African American	9.3%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowan	Decherd
No high school diploma	19.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	42.0%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowan	Decherd
Drove alone	84.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowan	Decherd
1-unit, detached	70.1%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	5.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Cowan	Decherd
Poverty rate	38.7%	21.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1974	1981