Cocke County vs Dyer County

A side-by-side comparison of Cocke County and Dyer County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cocke County and Dyer County are counties in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dyer County has the higher population (36,681 vs 36,503 in Cocke County). Dyer County has the higher median household income ($54,973 vs $48,416 in Cocke County). Dyer County has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $141,800 in Cocke County).

Population, income & housing

	Cocke County	Dyer County
Population	36,503	36,681
Median age	45.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,416	$54,973
Median home value	$141,800	$159,500
Median gross rent	$787	$760
Housing units	17,883	16,296
Homeownership rate	71.2%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocke County	Dyer County
Population	35,552 → 36,503 (+2.7%)	37,416 → 36,681 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$36,716 → $48,416 (+31.9%)	$44,185 → $54,973 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $141,800 (+25.6%)	$103,800 → $159,500 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $787 (+21.8%)	$680 → $760 (+11.8%)

Cocke County

Population

35,55236,503

Median household income

$36,716$48,416

Median home value

$112,900$141,800

Median gross rent

$646$787

Dyer County

Population

37,41636,681

Median household income

$44,185$54,973

Median home value

$103,800$159,500

Median gross rent

$680$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocke County	Dyer County
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.6%
75 and over	8.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocke County	Dyer County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	77.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocke County	Dyer County
No high school diploma	16.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	47.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocke County	Dyer County
Drove alone	79.9%	88.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.5%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocke County	Dyer County
1-unit, detached	61.6%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Cocke County	Dyer County
Poverty rate	20.3%	17.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1987	1977