Louisville vs Townsend

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

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

Louisville has the higher population (4,369 vs 570 in Townsend). Townsend has the higher median household income ($84,155 vs $83,485 in Louisville). Townsend has the higher median home value ($332,800 vs $314,700 in Louisville).

Population, income & housing

	Louisville	Townsend
Population	4,369	570
Median age	51.5 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,485	$84,155
Median home value	$314,700	$332,800
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,317
Housing units	2,027	445
Homeownership rate	91.5%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	39.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisville	Townsend
Population	4,133 → 4,369 (+5.7%)	358 → 570 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$75,151 → $83,485 (+11.1%)	$50,313 → $84,155 (+67.3%)
Median home value	$232,000 → $314,700 (+35.6%)	$232,600 → $332,800 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$853 → $1,082 (+26.8%)	$775 → $1,317 (+69.9%)

Louisville

Population

4,1334,369

Median household income

$75,151$83,485

Median home value

$232,000$314,700

Median gross rent

$853$1,082

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)

	Louisville	Townsend
Under 5	3.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	8.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	6.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	17.0%	27.7%
75 and over	8.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisville	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisville	Townsend
No high school diploma	9.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	30.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisville	Townsend
Drove alone	77.8%	90.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisville	Townsend
1-unit, detached	87.5%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Louisville	Townsend
Poverty rate	9.3%	6.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1989	1990