Coffee County vs Cumberland County

A side-by-side comparison of Coffee County and Cumberland County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cumberland County has the higher population (62,529 vs 58,940 in Coffee County). Coffee County has the higher median household income ($60,656 vs $58,475 in Cumberland County). Cumberland County has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $227,300 in Coffee County).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee County	Cumberland County
Population	58,940	62,529
Median age	39.2 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,656	$58,475
Median home value	$227,300	$228,000
Median gross rent	$885	$829
Housing units	25,187	31,037
Homeownership rate	70.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee County	Cumberland County
Population	55,209 → 58,940 (+6.8%)	59,216 → 62,529 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$50,351 → $60,656 (+20.5%)	$45,958 → $58,475 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $227,300 (+60.2%)	$153,200 → $228,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $885 (+20.1%)	$696 → $829 (+19.1%)

Coffee County

Population

55,20958,940

Median household income

$50,351$60,656

Median home value

$141,900$227,300

Median gross rent

$737$885

Cumberland County

Population

59,21662,529

Median household income

$45,958$58,475

Median home value

$153,200$228,000

Median gross rent

$696$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffee County	Cumberland County
Under 5	6.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	18.6%
75 and over	7.3%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee County	Cumberland County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee County	Cumberland County
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee County	Cumberland County
Drove alone	78.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee County	Cumberland County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Coffee County	Cumberland County
Poverty rate	16.1%	13.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1986	1993