Caryville vs Jellico

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

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

Caryville has the higher population (2,079 vs 1,821 in Jellico). Caryville has the higher median household income ($61,932 vs $41,111 in Jellico). Caryville has the higher median home value ($193,300 vs $143,000 in Jellico).

Population, income & housing

	Caryville	Jellico
Population	2,079	1,821
Median age	45.9 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,932	$41,111
Median home value	$193,300	$143,000
Median gross rent	$791	$407
Housing units	1,006	1,141
Homeownership rate	59.4%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caryville	Jellico
Population	2,450 → 2,079 (-15.1%)	2,170 → 1,821 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$39,632 → $61,932 (+56.3%)	$21,000 → $41,111 (+95.8%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $193,300 (+55.5%)	$88,900 → $143,000 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $791 (+21.1%)	$460 → $407 (-11.5%)

Caryville

Population

2,4502,079

Median household income

$39,632$61,932

Median home value

$124,300$193,300

Median gross rent

$653$791

Jellico

Population

2,1701,821

Median household income

$21,000$41,111

Median home value

$88,900$143,000

Median gross rent

$460$407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caryville	Jellico
Under 5	9.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	6.8%
18 to 24	2.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	17.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	19.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.6%
75 and over	12.5%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caryville	Jellico
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	5.2%
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%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caryville	Jellico
No high school diploma	15.1%	17.4%
High school graduate	41.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caryville	Jellico
Drove alone	79.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caryville	Jellico
1-unit, detached	65.9%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	29.5%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Caryville	Jellico
Poverty rate	21.7%	24.8%
Average household size	2.38	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1981	1977