Norris vs Oak Ridge

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

Norris 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 1,472 in Norris). Norris has the higher median household income ($73,448 vs $71,000 in Oak Ridge). Norris has the higher median home value ($306,300 vs $233,500 in Oak Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Norris	Oak Ridge
Population	1,472	32,088
Median age	61.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,448	$71,000
Median home value	$306,300	$233,500
Median gross rent	$1,084	$1,076
Housing units	830	14,909
Homeownership rate	75.2%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norris	Oak Ridge
Population	1,272 → 1,472 (+15.7%)	29,037 → 32,088 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$47,303 → $73,448 (+55.3%)	$55,230 → $71,000 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$209,200 → $306,300 (+46.4%)	$155,800 → $233,500 (+49.9%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,084 (+16.8%)	$806 → $1,076 (+33.5%)

Norris

Population

1,2721,472

Median household income

$47,303$73,448

Median home value

$209,200$306,300

Median gross rent

$928$1,084

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)

	Norris	Oak Ridge
Under 5	1.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	5.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	28.7%	11.1%
75 and over	15.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norris	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norris	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	18.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norris	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	78.6%	71.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	13.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norris	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	79.4%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	10.4%
20 or more units	6.3%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Norris	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	7.5%	12.9%
Average household size	1.74	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1971	1963