Cowan vs Huntland

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

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

Cowan has the higher population (1,777 vs 1,381 in Huntland). Huntland has the higher median household income ($66,574 vs $37,295 in Cowan). Huntland has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $122,500 in Cowan).

Population, income & housing

	Cowan	Huntland
Population	1,777	1,381
Median age	36.8 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,295	$66,574
Median home value	$122,500	$151,100
Median gross rent	$716	$994
Housing units	757	473
Homeownership rate	56.0%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowan	Huntland
Population	1,313 → 1,777 (+35.3%)	818 → 1,381 (+68.8%)
Median household income	$27,019 → $37,295 (+38.0%)	$43,125 → $66,574 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $122,500 (+55.9%)	$83,900 → $151,100 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $716 (+26.3%)	$742 → $994 (+34.0%)

Cowan

Population

1,3131,777

Median household income

$27,019$37,295

Median home value

$78,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$567$716

Huntland

Population

8181,381

Median household income

$43,125$66,574

Median home value

$83,900$151,100

Median gross rent

$742$994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowan	Huntland
Under 5	9.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.0%	25.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.8%
75 and over	6.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowan	Huntland
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	94.0%
Black or African American	9.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowan	Huntland
No high school diploma	19.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	42.0%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowan	Huntland
Drove alone	84.3%	87.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowan	Huntland
1-unit, detached	70.1%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Cowan	Huntland
Poverty rate	38.7%	12.6%
Average household size	2.55	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1974	1966