Cowan vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (9,600 vs 1,777 in Cowan). Winchester has the higher median household income ($59,497 vs $37,295 in Cowan). Winchester has the higher median home value ($209,300 vs $122,500 in Cowan).

Population, income & housing

	Cowan	Winchester
Population	1,777	9,600
Median age	36.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,295	$59,497
Median home value	$122,500	$209,300
Median gross rent	$716	$893
Housing units	757	4,455
Homeownership rate	56.0%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowan	Winchester
Population	1,313 → 1,777 (+35.3%)	8,706 → 9,600 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$27,019 → $37,295 (+38.0%)	$50,538 → $59,497 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $122,500 (+55.9%)	$146,800 → $209,300 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $716 (+26.3%)	$636 → $893 (+40.4%)

Cowan

Population

1,3131,777

Median household income

$27,019$37,295

Median home value

$78,600$122,500

Median gross rent

$567$716

Winchester

Population

8,7069,600

Median household income

$50,538$59,497

Median home value

$146,800$209,300

Median gross rent

$636$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowan	Winchester
Under 5	9.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.2%
75 and over	6.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowan	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	74.7%
Black or African American	9.3%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowan	Winchester
No high school diploma	19.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	42.0%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowan	Winchester
Drove alone	84.3%	86.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowan	Winchester
1-unit, detached	70.1%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Cowan	Winchester
Poverty rate	38.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1974	1983