Alcoa vs Wildwood

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

Alcoa and Wildwood 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 1,133 in Wildwood). Alcoa has the higher median household income ($60,049 vs $55,388 in Wildwood). Alcoa has the higher median home value ($232,300 vs $195,000 in Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Alcoa	Wildwood
Population	11,635	1,133
Median age	35.5 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,049	$55,388
Median home value	$232,300	$195,000
Median gross rent	$1,057	$1,451
Housing units	5,455	379
Homeownership rate	64.7%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alcoa	Wildwood
Population	9,561 → 11,635 (+21.7%)	1,110 → 1,133 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $60,049 (+23.2%)	$60,078 → $55,388 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$137,800 → $232,300 (+68.6%)	$181,500 → $195,000 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $1,057 (+32.8%)	$1,034 → $1,451 (+40.3%)

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

Wildwood

Population

1,1101,133

Median household income

$60,078$55,388

Median home value

$181,500$195,000

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,451

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alcoa	Wildwood
Under 5	5.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	1.0%
25 to 34	20.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	13.1%
75 and over	9.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alcoa	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	98.9%
Black or African American	11.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alcoa	Wildwood
No high school diploma	9.3%	24.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alcoa	Wildwood
Drove alone	74.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	16.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	17.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alcoa	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	68.0%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Alcoa	Wildwood
Poverty rate	15.4%	18.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1976	1993