East Cleveland vs McDonald

A side-by-side comparison of East Cleveland and McDonald: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Cleveland has the higher population (2,207 vs 541 in McDonald). McDonald has the higher median household income ($56,492 vs $46,968 in East Cleveland). McDonald has the higher median home value ($180,900 vs $113,800 in East Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	East Cleveland	McDonald
Population	2,207	541
Median age	34.7 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,968	$56,492
Median home value	$113,800	$180,900
Median gross rent	$918	—
Housing units	751	247
Homeownership rate	36.3%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.8%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Cleveland	McDonald
Population	2,019 → 2,207 (+9.3%)	478 → 541 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$26,317 → $46,968 (+78.5%)	$80,964 → $56,492 (-30.2%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $113,800 (+63.7%)	$253,800 → $180,900 (-28.7%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $918 (+28.4%)	—

East Cleveland

Population

2,0192,207

Median household income

$26,317$46,968

Median home value

$69,500$113,800

Median gross rent

$715$918

McDonald

Population

478541

Median household income

$80,964$56,492

Median home value

$253,800$180,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Cleveland	McDonald
Under 5	7.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	6.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	20.8%	2.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	17.4%	33.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.0%	17.6%
75 and over	1.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Cleveland	McDonald
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	89.5%
Black or African American	13.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	7.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Cleveland	McDonald
No high school diploma	20.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	54.4%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Cleveland	McDonald
Drove alone	62.9%	86.9%
Carpooled	21.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	5.1%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Cleveland	McDonald
1-unit, detached	43.5%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	East Cleveland	McDonald
Poverty rate	23.3%	3.9%
Average household size	3.28	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1983	1953