Townsend vs Wildwood

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

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

Wildwood has the higher population (1,133 vs 570 in Townsend). Townsend has the higher median household income ($84,155 vs $55,388 in Wildwood). Townsend has the higher median home value ($332,800 vs $195,000 in Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Townsend	Wildwood
Population	570	1,133
Median age	50.3 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,155	$55,388
Median home value	$332,800	$195,000
Median gross rent	$1,317	$1,451
Housing units	445	379
Homeownership rate	89.7%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Townsend	Wildwood
Population	358 → 570 (+59.2%)	1,110 → 1,133 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$50,313 → $84,155 (+67.3%)	$60,078 → $55,388 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $332,800 (+43.1%)	$181,500 → $195,000 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,317 (+69.9%)	$1,034 → $1,451 (+40.3%)

Townsend

Population

358570

Median household income

$50,313$84,155

Median home value

$232,600$332,800

Median gross rent

$775$1,317

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)

	Townsend	Wildwood
Under 5	6.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	8.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	1.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	21.1%
65 to 74	27.7%	13.1%
75 and over	8.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Townsend	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	98.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Townsend	Wildwood
No high school diploma	3.1%	24.2%
High school graduate	28.4%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Townsend	Wildwood
Drove alone	90.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Townsend	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	74.6%	86.5%
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%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Townsend	Wildwood
Poverty rate	6.5%	18.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1990	1993