Cottontown vs Westmoreland

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

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

Westmoreland has the higher population (2,735 vs 339 in Cottontown). Cottontown has the higher median household income ($85,208 vs $58,750 in Westmoreland). Cottontown has the higher median home value ($578,900 vs $228,400 in Westmoreland).

Population, income & housing

	Cottontown	Westmoreland
Population	339	2,735
Median age	40.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,208	$58,750
Median home value	$578,900	$228,400
Median gross rent	—	$971
Housing units	162	1,033
Homeownership rate	69.3%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottontown	Westmoreland
Population	320 → 339 (+5.9%)	2,874 → 2,735 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$65,667 → $85,208 (+29.8%)	$41,179 → $58,750 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$258,100 → $578,900 (+124.3%)	$132,400 → $228,400 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$824 → $971 (+17.8%)

Cottontown

Population

320339

Median household income

$65,667$85,208

Median home value

$258,100$578,900

Westmoreland

Population

2,8742,735

Median household income

$41,179$58,750

Median home value

$132,400$228,400

Median gross rent

$824$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottontown	Westmoreland
Under 5	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	25.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	23.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	4.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	19.8%	9.1%
75 and over	4.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottontown	Westmoreland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottontown	Westmoreland
No high school diploma	10.7%	14.7%
High school graduate	11.9%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottontown	Westmoreland
Drove alone	69.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottontown	Westmoreland
1-unit, detached	91.4%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottontown	Westmoreland
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1986	1989