Alcoa vs Friendsville

A side-by-side comparison of Alcoa and Friendsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alcoa has the higher population (11,635 vs 1,056 in Friendsville). Friendsville has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $60,049 in Alcoa). Alcoa has the higher median home value ($232,300 vs $189,800 in Friendsville).

Population, income & housing

	Alcoa	Friendsville
Population	11,635	1,056
Median age	35.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,049	$67,292
Median home value	$232,300	$189,800
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,094
Housing units	5,455	429
Homeownership rate	64.7%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcoa	Friendsville
Population	9,561 → 11,635 (+21.7%)	847 → 1,056 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $60,049 (+23.2%)	$54,615 → $67,292 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $232,300 (+68.6%)	$138,600 → $189,800 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $1,057 (+32.8%)	$1,007 → $1,094 (+8.6%)

Alcoa

Population

9,56111,635

Median household income

$48,750$60,049

Median home value

$137,800$232,300

Median gross rent

$796$1,057

Friendsville

Population

8471,056

Median household income

$54,615$67,292

Median home value

$138,600$189,800

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcoa	Friendsville
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	20.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.9%
75 and over	9.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcoa	Friendsville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	94.4%
Black or African American	11.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcoa	Friendsville
No high school diploma	9.3%	16.3%
High school graduate	31.7%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcoa	Friendsville
Drove alone	74.5%	80.0%
Carpooled	16.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.7%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcoa	Friendsville
1-unit, detached	68.0%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Alcoa	Friendsville
Poverty rate	15.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1976	1969