Caryville vs Jacksboro

A side-by-side comparison of Caryville and Jacksboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacksboro has the higher population (2,780 vs 2,079 in Caryville). Jacksboro has the higher median household income ($65,587 vs $61,932 in Caryville). Jacksboro has the higher median home value ($204,000 vs $193,300 in Caryville).

Population, income & housing

	Caryville	Jacksboro
Population	2,079	2,780
Median age	45.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,932	$65,587
Median home value	$193,300	$204,000
Median gross rent	$791	$704
Housing units	1,006	1,269
Homeownership rate	59.4%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caryville	Jacksboro
Population	2,450 → 2,079 (-15.1%)	2,244 → 2,780 (+23.9%)
Median household income	$39,632 → $61,932 (+56.3%)	$47,104 → $65,587 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $193,300 (+55.5%)	$148,300 → $204,000 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $791 (+21.1%)	$602 → $704 (+16.9%)

Caryville

Population

2,4502,079

Median household income

$39,632$61,932

Median home value

$124,300$193,300

Median gross rent

$653$791

Jacksboro

Population

2,2442,780

Median household income

$47,104$65,587

Median home value

$148,300$204,000

Median gross rent

$602$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caryville	Jacksboro
Under 5	9.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	19.7%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.0%
75 and over	12.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caryville	Jacksboro
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caryville	Jacksboro
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	41.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caryville	Jacksboro
Drove alone	79.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caryville	Jacksboro
1-unit, detached	65.9%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	29.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Caryville	Jacksboro
Poverty rate	21.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1981	1982