Townsend vs Walland

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

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

Townsend has the higher population (570 vs 453 in Walland). Townsend has the higher median household income ($84,155 vs $60,313 in Walland). Townsend has the higher median home value ($332,800 vs $277,900 in Walland).

Population, income & housing

	Townsend	Walland
Population	570	453
Median age	50.3 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,155	$60,313
Median home value	$332,800	$277,900
Median gross rent	$1,317	—
Housing units	445	152
Homeownership rate	89.7%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	16.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Townsend	Walland
Population	358 → 570 (+59.2%)	357 → 453 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $84,155 (+67.3%)	$62,019 → $60,313 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $332,800 (+43.1%)	$196,600 → $277,900 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,317 (+69.9%)	$1,361 → $1,365 (+0.3%)

Townsend

Population

358570

Median household income

$50,313$84,155

Median home value

$232,600$332,800

Median gross rent

$775$1,317

Walland

Population

357453

Median household income

$62,019$60,313

Median home value

$196,600$277,900

Median gross rent

$1,361$1,365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Townsend	Walland
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	8.4%	22.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	1.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	22.5%
35 to 44	6.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	27.7%	13.0%
75 and over	8.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Townsend	Walland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Townsend	Walland
No high school diploma	3.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Townsend	Walland
Drove alone	90.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Townsend	Walland
1-unit, detached	74.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Townsend	Walland
Poverty rate	6.5%	1.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	50
Median year structure built	1990	1987