Buchanan vs Cottage Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Cottage Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buchanan has the higher population (118 vs 59 in Cottage Grove). Buchanan has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $137,500 in Cottage Grove). Since 2019, Buchanan's population has grown faster (+100.0% vs -23.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Cottage Grove
Population	118	59
Median age	21.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,750
Median home value	$213,100	$137,500
Housing units	39	29
Homeownership rate	79.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Cottage Grove
Population	59 → 118 (+100.0%)	77 → 59 (-23.4%)
Median household income	—	$33,750 → $38,750 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $213,100 (+55.0%)	$42,000 → $137,500 (+227.4%)

Buchanan

Population

59118

Median home value

$137,500$213,100

Cottage Grove

Population

7759

Median household income

$33,750$38,750

Median home value

$42,000$137,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Cottage Grove
Under 5	13.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.3%
18 to 24	18.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	27.1%
65 to 74	38.1%	5.1%
75 and over	0.0%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Cottage Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	76.3%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Cottage Grove
No high school diploma	18.2%	9.8%
High school graduate	63.6%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Cottage Grove
Drove alone	25.0%	47.1%
Carpooled	75.0%	41.2%
Public transit	0.0%	5.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Cottage Grove
1-unit, detached	100.0%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Cottage Grove
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.9%
Average household size	3.03	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	41
Median year structure built	1993	1973