Cocke County vs Lincoln County

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

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

Cocke County has the higher population (36,503 vs 35,617 in Lincoln County). Lincoln County has the higher median household income ($63,115 vs $48,416 in Cocke County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $141,800 in Cocke County).

Population, income & housing

	Cocke County	Lincoln County
Population	36,503	35,617
Median age	45.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,416	$63,115
Median home value	$141,800	$209,100
Median gross rent	$787	$782
Housing units	17,883	16,124
Homeownership rate	71.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocke County	Lincoln County
Population	35,552 → 36,503 (+2.7%)	33,924 → 35,617 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$36,716 → $48,416 (+31.9%)	$49,485 → $63,115 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $141,800 (+25.6%)	$135,700 → $209,100 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $787 (+21.8%)	$685 → $782 (+14.2%)

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

Lincoln County

Population

33,92435,617

Median household income

$49,485$63,115

Median home value

$135,700$209,100

Median gross rent

$685$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocke County	Lincoln County
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.6%
75 and over	8.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocke County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	85.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocke County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	16.3%	13.0%
High school graduate	47.4%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocke County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	79.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	12.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocke County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	61.6%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Cocke County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	20.3%	12.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1987	1986