Cowan vs Estill Springs

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

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

Estill Springs has the higher population (2,008 vs 1,777 in Cowan). Estill Springs has the higher median household income ($49,148 vs $37,295 in Cowan). Estill Springs has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $122,500 in Cowan).

Population, income & housing

	Cowan	Estill Springs
Population	1,777	2,008
Median age	36.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,295	$49,148
Median home value	$122,500	$166,700
Median gross rent	$716	$810
Housing units	757	855
Homeownership rate	56.0%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowan	Estill Springs
Population	1,313 → 1,777 (+35.3%)	1,978 → 2,008 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$27,019 → $37,295 (+38.0%)	$44,063 → $49,148 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $122,500 (+55.9%)	$119,900 → $166,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $716 (+26.3%)	$919 → $810 (-11.9%)

Cowan

Population

1,3131,777

Median household income

$27,019$37,295

Median home value

$78,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$567$716

Estill Springs

Population

1,9782,008

Median household income

$44,063$49,148

Median home value

$119,900$166,700

Median gross rent

$919$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowan	Estill Springs
Under 5	9.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	2.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	9.1%
75 and over	6.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowan	Estill Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	9.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowan	Estill Springs
No high school diploma	19.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	42.0%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowan	Estill Springs
Drove alone	84.3%	84.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowan	Estill Springs
1-unit, detached	70.1%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Cowan	Estill Springs
Poverty rate	38.7%	18.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1974	1983