Clinton vs Oak Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Oak Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Clinton and Oak Ridge are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Ridge has the higher population (32,088 vs 10,141 in Clinton). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($71,000 vs $64,005 in Clinton). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($233,500 vs $204,700 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Oak Ridge
Population	10,141	32,088
Median age	45.4 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,005	$71,000
Median home value	$204,700	$233,500
Median gross rent	$858	$1,076
Housing units	4,811	14,909
Homeownership rate	60.3%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Oak Ridge
Population	9,964 → 10,141 (+1.8%)	29,037 → 32,088 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$44,170 → $64,005 (+44.9%)	$55,230 → $71,000 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$165,700 → $204,700 (+23.5%)	$155,800 → $233,500 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $858 (+22.2%)	$806 → $1,076 (+33.5%)

Clinton

Population

9,96410,141

Median household income

$44,170$64,005

Median home value

$165,700$204,700

Median gross rent

$702$858

Oak Ridge

Population

29,03732,088

Median household income

$55,230$71,000

Median home value

$155,800$233,500

Median gross rent

$806$1,076

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Oak Ridge
Under 5	4.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	11.1%
75 and over	9.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	79.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	41.9%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	77.8%	71.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.5%	13.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	63.0%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	14.2%	12.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1981	1963