Norris vs Oliver Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Norris and Oliver Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Norris and Oliver Springs are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oliver Springs has the higher population (3,384 vs 1,472 in Norris). Norris has the higher median household income ($73,448 vs $38,295 in Oliver Springs). Norris has the higher median home value ($306,300 vs $149,600 in Oliver Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Norris	Oliver Springs
Population	1,472	3,384
Median age	61.1 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,448	$38,295
Median home value	$306,300	$149,600
Median gross rent	$1,084	—
Housing units	830	1,401
Homeownership rate	75.2%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norris	Oliver Springs
Population	1,272 → 1,472 (+15.7%)	4,468 → 3,384 (-24.3%)
Median household income	$47,303 → $73,448 (+55.3%)	$51,712 → $38,295 (-25.9%)
Median home value	$209,200 → $306,300 (+46.4%)	$119,300 → $149,600 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,084 (+16.8%)	$723 → $544 (-24.8%)

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

Oliver Springs

Population

4,4683,384

Median household income

$51,712$38,295

Median home value

$119,300$149,600

Median gross rent

$723$544

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norris	Oliver Springs
Under 5	1.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	5.4%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.6%	18.2%
65 to 74	28.7%	13.0%
75 and over	15.4%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norris	Oliver Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norris	Oliver Springs
No high school diploma	4.9%	16.3%
High school graduate	18.2%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norris	Oliver Springs
Drove alone	78.6%	89.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	8.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norris	Oliver Springs
1-unit, detached	79.4%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Norris	Oliver Springs
Poverty rate	7.5%	19.1%
Average household size	1.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1971	1975