What is the population of Cowan city?

Cowan city has 1,777 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #238 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Cowan city?

Median household income in Cowan city is $37,295 a year, 52.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cowan city?

Median gross rent is $716 a month and the median home value is $122,500, so rent absorbs about 23% of median household income.

Is Cowan city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cowan city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cowan, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cowan, Tennessee (Cowan, TN — Census place “Cowan city”) is 1,777 residents, ranking #238 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $37,295, the median home is worth $122,500 and median gross rent runs $716 a month. Looking for the Cowan Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cowan, TN: 37318.

Population: 1,777Cowan city residents
Median household income: $37,295Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $122,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $716Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56%Owner-occupied households

Cowan ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cowan.

The Cowan TN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

37318

What the numbers mean in Cowan city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cowan city median would spend about 23% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 38.7% of residents and 56% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cowan city, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cowan city is a small town in Tennessee, with 1,777 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #238 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 36.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Cowan city earn a median of $37,295 a year, 52.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 38.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cowan city is valued at $122,500, 59.6% below the national figure and 36% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $716 a month, 49.1% below the national figure, or roughly $8,592 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 56% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Cowan city?: Cowan city has 1,777 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #238 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Cowan city?: Median household income in Cowan city is $37,295 a year, 52.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cowan city?: Median gross rent is $716 a month and the median home value is $122,500, so rent absorbs about 23% of median household income.
Is Cowan city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cowan city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cowan city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.