Cottage Grove vs Henry

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

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

Henry has the higher population (588 vs 59 in Cottage Grove). Henry has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $38,750 in Cottage Grove). Cottage Grove has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $75,000 in Henry).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Grove	Henry
Population	59	588
Median age	48.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$48,125
Median home value	$137,500	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$583
Housing units	29	205
Homeownership rate	100.0%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Grove	Henry
Population	77 → 59 (-23.4%)	577 → 588 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $38,750 (+14.8%)	$38,750 → $48,125 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$42,000 → $137,500 (+227.4%)	$76,500 → $75,000 (-2.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $583 (-12.6%)

Cottage Grove

Population

7759

Median household income

$33,750$38,750

Median home value

$42,000$137,500

Henry

Population

577588

Median household income

$38,750$48,125

Median home value

$76,500$75,000

Median gross rent

$667$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Grove	Henry
Under 5	5.1%	9.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	5.1%	16.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.7%
55 to 64	27.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.8%
75 and over	13.6%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Grove	Henry
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	58.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Grove	Henry
No high school diploma	9.8%	15.6%
High school graduate	41.5%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Grove	Henry
Drove alone	47.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	41.2%	6.4%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	5.9%	8.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Grove	Henry
1-unit, detached	82.8%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	52.2%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Grove	Henry
Poverty rate	17.9%	27.2%
Average household size	2.36	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	41	19
Median year structure built	1973	1993