Cowan vs Sewanee

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

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

Sewanee has the higher population (3,000 vs 1,777 in Cowan). Sewanee has the higher median household income ($128,295 vs $37,295 in Cowan). Sewanee has the higher median home value ($377,200 vs $122,500 in Cowan).

Population, income & housing

	Cowan	Sewanee
Population	1,777	3,000
Median age	36.8 yrs	21.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,295	$128,295
Median home value	$122,500	$377,200
Median gross rent	$716	$1,186
Housing units	757	544
Homeownership rate	56.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	79.8%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowan	Sewanee
Population	1,313 → 1,777 (+35.3%)	2,505 → 3,000 (+19.8%)
Median household income	$27,019 → $37,295 (+38.0%)	$78,472 → $128,295 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $122,500 (+55.9%)	$269,500 → $377,200 (+40.0%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $716 (+26.3%)	$919 → $1,186 (+29.1%)

Cowan

Population

1,3131,777

Median household income

$27,019$37,295

Median home value

$78,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$567$716

Sewanee

Population

2,5053,000

Median household income

$78,472$128,295

Median home value

$269,500$377,200

Median gross rent

$919$1,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowan	Sewanee
Under 5	9.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	4.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	62.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	1.7%
35 to 44	7.7%	3.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	6.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.4%
75 and over	6.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowan	Sewanee
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	85.7%
Black or African American	9.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowan	Sewanee
No high school diploma	19.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	42.0%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	7.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	44.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowan	Sewanee
Drove alone	84.3%	40.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	32.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.9%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowan	Sewanee
1-unit, detached	70.1%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cowan	Sewanee
Poverty rate	38.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1974	1973