Cottage Grove vs Puryear

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

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

Puryear has the higher population (761 vs 59 in Cottage Grove). Puryear has the higher median household income ($54,083 vs $38,750 in Cottage Grove). Cottage Grove has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $106,900 in Puryear).

Population, income & housing

	Cottage Grove	Puryear
Population	59	761
Median age	48.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$54,083
Median home value	$137,500	$106,900
Median gross rent	—	$742
Housing units	29	352
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	15.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottage Grove	Puryear
Population	77 → 59 (-23.4%)	677 → 761 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $38,750 (+14.8%)	$37,563 → $54,083 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$42,000 → $137,500 (+227.4%)	$82,200 → $106,900 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$519 → $742 (+43.0%)

Cottage Grove

Population

7759

Median household income

$33,750$38,750

Median home value

$42,000$137,500

Puryear

Population

677761

Median household income

$37,563$54,083

Median home value

$82,200$106,900

Median gross rent

$519$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottage Grove	Puryear
Under 5	5.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	5.1%	19.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	27.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	5.1%	8.4%
75 and over	13.6%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottage Grove	Puryear
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
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%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottage Grove	Puryear
No high school diploma	9.8%	14.7%
High school graduate	41.5%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottage Grove	Puryear
Drove alone	47.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	41.2%	16.0%
Public transit	5.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	5.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottage Grove	Puryear
1-unit, detached	82.8%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottage Grove	Puryear
Poverty rate	17.9%	18.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	41	19
Median year structure built	1973	1971