Cumberland County vs Tipton County

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

Cumberland 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.

Cumberland County has the higher population (62,529 vs 61,339 in Tipton County). Tipton County has the higher median household income ($71,736 vs $58,475 in Cumberland County). Cumberland County has the higher median home value ($228,000 vs $220,100 in Tipton County).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland County	Tipton County
Population	62,529	61,339
Median age	53.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,475	$71,736
Median home value	$228,000	$220,100
Median gross rent	$829	$1,007
Housing units	31,037	24,204
Homeownership rate	80.2%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland County	Tipton County
Population	59,216 → 62,529 (+5.6%)	61,447 → 61,339 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$45,958 → $58,475 (+27.2%)	$61,291 → $71,736 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$153,200 → $228,000 (+48.8%)	$150,000 → $220,100 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $829 (+19.1%)	$825 → $1,007 (+22.1%)

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

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)

	Cumberland County	Tipton County
Under 5	4.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	18.6%	9.5%
75 and over	13.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland County	Tipton County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	73.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland County	Tipton County
No high school diploma	10.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	39.8%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland County	Tipton County
Drove alone	80.7%	82.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland County	Tipton County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland County	Tipton County
Poverty rate	13.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1993	1992