Bethpage vs Cottontown

A side-by-side comparison of Bethpage and Cottontown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethpage has the higher population (493 vs 339 in Cottontown). Bethpage has the higher median household income ($98,180 vs $85,208 in Cottontown). Cottontown has the higher median home value ($578,900 vs $211,000 in Bethpage).

Population, income & housing

	Bethpage	Cottontown
Population	493	339
Median age	25.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,180	$85,208
Median home value	$211,000	$578,900
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	177	162
Homeownership rate	57.1%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethpage	Cottontown
Population	355 → 493 (+38.9%)	320 → 339 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$79,301 → $98,180 (+23.8%)	$65,667 → $85,208 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $211,000 (+22.7%)	$258,100 → $578,900 (+124.3%)

Bethpage

Population

355493

Median household income

$79,301$98,180

Median home value

$171,900$211,000

Cottontown

Population

320339

Median household income

$65,667$85,208

Median home value

$258,100$578,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethpage	Cottontown
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	26.0%	25.4%
18 to 24	20.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	23.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	20.5%	4.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	19.8%
75 and over	2.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethpage	Cottontown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethpage	Cottontown
No high school diploma	8.7%	10.7%
High school graduate	20.5%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	54.5%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethpage	Cottontown
Drove alone	87.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethpage	Cottontown
1-unit, detached	75.7%	91.4%
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	24.3%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Bethpage	Cottontown
Poverty rate	40.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1959	1986