Coker Creek vs Tellico Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Coker Creek and Tellico Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

Coker Creek and Tellico Plains are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tellico Plains has the higher population (1,124 vs 154 in Coker Creek). Tellico Plains has the higher median household income ($43,859 vs $12,109 in Coker Creek). Tellico Plains has the higher median home value ($168,000 vs $37,200 in Coker Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Coker Creek	Tellico Plains
Population	154	1,124
Median age	66.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$12,109	$43,859
Median home value	$37,200	$168,000
Median gross rent	—	$613
Housing units	179	514
Homeownership rate	83.2%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coker Creek	Tellico Plains
Population	166 → 154 (-7.2%)	952 → 1,124 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$8,000 → $12,109 (+51.4%)	$27,059 → $43,859 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$42,000 → $37,200 (-11.4%)	$93,800 → $168,000 (+79.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$389 → $613 (+57.6%)

Coker Creek

Population

166154

Median household income

$8,000$12,109

Median home value

$42,000$37,200

Tellico Plains

Population

9521,124

Median household income

$27,059$43,859

Median home value

$93,800$168,000

Median gross rent

$389$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coker Creek	Tellico Plains
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	9.1%	28.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	4.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	3.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	53.2%	6.7%
75 and over	11.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coker Creek	Tellico Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coker Creek	Tellico Plains
No high school diploma	11.4%	15.8%
High school graduate	75.0%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	13.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coker Creek	Tellico Plains
Drove alone	100.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coker Creek	Tellico Plains
1-unit, detached	72.6%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Coker Creek	Tellico Plains
Poverty rate	75.3%	27.8%
Average household size	1.62	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1977	1982