Cocke County vs Marshall County

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

Cocke County and Marshall 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 35,276 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($70,829 vs $48,416 in Cocke County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($246,100 vs $141,800 in Cocke County).

Population, income & housing

	Cocke County	Marshall County
Population	36,503	35,276
Median age	45.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,416	$70,829
Median home value	$141,800	$246,100
Median gross rent	$787	$924
Housing units	17,883	14,521
Homeownership rate	71.2%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cocke County	Marshall County
Population	35,552 → 36,503 (+2.7%)	32,965 → 35,276 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$36,716 → $48,416 (+31.9%)	$53,197 → $70,829 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $141,800 (+25.6%)	$136,400 → $246,100 (+80.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $787 (+21.8%)	$763 → $924 (+21.1%)

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

Marshall County

Population

32,96535,276

Median household income

$53,197$70,829

Median home value

$136,400$246,100

Median gross rent

$763$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cocke County	Marshall County
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.4%
75 and over	8.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cocke County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cocke County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	16.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	47.4%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cocke County	Marshall County
Drove alone	79.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	12.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	12.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cocke County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	61.6%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Cocke County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	20.3%	14.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1987	1991