Cottontown is a tiny town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 397 people and three associated neighborhoods, Cottontown is the 346th largest community in Tennessee.

Cottontown home prices are not only among the most expensive in Tennessee, but Cottontown real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.03% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Because of many things, Cottontown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Cottontown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Cottontown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cottontown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cottontown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small town, Cottontown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Cottontown is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.19% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cottontown in 2022 was $42,603, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,412 for a family of four.

The people who call Cottontown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cottontown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Cottontown include German, English, French, Irish, and British.

The most common language spoken in Cottontown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.