Castalian Springs vs Cottontown

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

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

Castalian Springs has the higher population (648 vs 339 in Cottontown). Castalian Springs has the higher median household income ($86,071 vs $85,208 in Cottontown). Cottontown has the higher median home value ($578,900 vs $250,000 in Castalian Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Castalian Springs	Cottontown
Population	648	339
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,071	$85,208
Median home value	$250,000	$578,900
Housing units	277	162
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Castalian Springs	Cottontown
Population	428 → 648 (+51.4%)	320 → 339 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $86,071 (+45.2%)	$65,667 → $85,208 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$120,000 → $250,000 (+108.3%)	$258,100 → $578,900 (+124.3%)

Castalian Springs

Population

428648

Median household income

$59,276$86,071

Median home value

$120,000$250,000

Cottontown

Population

320339

Median household income

$65,667$85,208

Median home value

$258,100$578,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Castalian Springs	Cottontown
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	23.0%
45 to 54	22.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	4.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	19.8%
75 and over	8.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Castalian Springs	Cottontown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Castalian Springs	Cottontown
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	30.6%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Castalian Springs	Cottontown
Drove alone	89.9%	69.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	19.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Castalian Springs	Cottontown
1-unit, detached	96.0%	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	4.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Castalian Springs	Cottontown
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1987	1986