Coffee County vs Tipton County

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

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

Tipton County has the higher population (61,339 vs 58,940 in Coffee County). Tipton County has the higher median household income ($71,736 vs $60,656 in Coffee County). Coffee County has the higher median home value ($227,300 vs $220,100 in Tipton County).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee County	Tipton County
Population	58,940	61,339
Median age	39.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,656	$71,736
Median home value	$227,300	$220,100
Median gross rent	$885	$1,007
Housing units	25,187	24,204
Homeownership rate	70.2%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee County	Tipton County
Population	55,209 → 58,940 (+6.8%)	61,447 → 61,339 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$50,351 → $60,656 (+20.5%)	$61,291 → $71,736 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $227,300 (+60.2%)	$150,000 → $220,100 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $885 (+20.1%)	$825 → $1,007 (+22.1%)

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

Tipton County

Population

61,44761,339

Median household income

$61,291$71,736

Median home value

$150,000$220,100

Median gross rent

$825$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffee County	Tipton County
Under 5	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.5%
75 and over	7.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee County	Tipton County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	73.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee County	Tipton County
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.7%
High school graduate	37.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee County	Tipton County
Drove alone	78.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee County	Tipton County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Coffee County	Tipton County
Poverty rate	16.1%	11.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1986	1992