Friendsville vs Townsend

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

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

Friendsville has the higher population (1,056 vs 570 in Townsend). Townsend has the higher median household income ($84,155 vs $67,292 in Friendsville). Townsend has the higher median home value ($332,800 vs $189,800 in Friendsville).

Population, income & housing

	Friendsville	Townsend
Population	1,056	570
Median age	44.8 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$84,155
Median home value	$189,800	$332,800
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,317
Housing units	429	445
Homeownership rate	79.9%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendsville	Townsend
Population	847 → 1,056 (+24.7%)	358 → 570 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$54,615 → $67,292 (+23.2%)	$50,313 → $84,155 (+67.3%)
Median home value	$138,600 → $189,800 (+36.9%)	$232,600 → $332,800 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,007 → $1,094 (+8.6%)	$775 → $1,317 (+69.9%)

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

Townsend

Population

358570

Median household income

$50,313$84,155

Median home value

$232,600$332,800

Median gross rent

$775$1,317

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friendsville	Townsend
Under 5	5.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	6.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	27.7%
75 and over	6.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendsville	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendsville	Townsend
No high school diploma	16.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	49.6%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendsville	Townsend
Drove alone	80.0%	90.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	1.2%
Other means	5.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendsville	Townsend
1-unit, detached	89.7%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Friendsville	Townsend
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1969	1990