Cottontown vs Walnut Grove

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

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

Walnut Grove has the higher population (576 vs 339 in Cottontown). Walnut Grove has the higher median household income ($123,063 vs $85,208 in Cottontown). Cottontown has the higher median home value ($578,900 vs $476,400 in Walnut Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Cottontown	Walnut Grove
Population	339	576
Median age	40.7 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,208	$123,063
Median home value	$578,900	$476,400
Housing units	162	290
Homeownership rate	69.3%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottontown	Walnut Grove
Population	320 → 339 (+5.9%)	925 → 576 (-37.7%)
Median household income	$65,667 → $85,208 (+29.8%)	$61,786 → $123,063 (+99.2%)
Median home value	$258,100 → $578,900 (+124.3%)	$181,000 → $476,400 (+163.2%)

Cottontown

Population

320339

Median household income

$65,667$85,208

Median home value

$258,100$578,900

Walnut Grove

Population

925576

Median household income

$61,786$123,063

Median home value

$181,000$476,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottontown	Walnut Grove
Under 5	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	25.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	2.4%
35 to 44	23.0%	9.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	4.4%	25.5%
65 to 74	19.8%	14.8%
75 and over	4.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottontown	Walnut Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	90.3%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottontown	Walnut Grove
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	11.9%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottontown	Walnut Grove
Drove alone	69.6%	78.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottontown	Walnut Grove
1-unit, detached	91.4%	85.9%
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	8.6%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Cottontown	Walnut Grove
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1986	1993