Cottage Grove vs Paris

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

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

Paris has the higher population (10,313 vs 59 in Cottage Grove). Paris has the higher median household income ($39,365 vs $38,750 in Cottage Grove). Paris has the higher median home value ($142,700 vs $137,500 in Cottage Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Grove	Paris
Population	59	10,313
Median age	48.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$39,365
Median home value	$137,500	$142,700
Median gross rent	—	$763
Housing units	29	4,888
Homeownership rate	100.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Grove	Paris
Population	77 → 59 (-23.4%)	10,043 → 10,313 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $38,750 (+14.8%)	$30,902 → $39,365 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$42,000 → $137,500 (+227.4%)	$94,700 → $142,700 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$643 → $763 (+18.7%)

Cottage Grove

Population

7759

Median household income

$33,750$38,750

Median home value

$42,000$137,500

Paris

Population

10,04310,313

Median household income

$30,902$39,365

Median home value

$94,700$142,700

Median gross rent

$643$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Grove	Paris
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	5.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	27.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	9.9%
75 and over	13.6%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Grove	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	74.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.8%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Grove	Paris
No high school diploma	9.8%	13.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Grove	Paris
Drove alone	47.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	41.2%	6.2%
Public transit	5.9%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	5.9%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Grove	Paris
1-unit, detached	82.8%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Grove	Paris
Poverty rate	17.9%	24.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	41	17
Median year structure built	1973	1969