Caryville vs La Follette

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

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

La Follette has the higher population (7,308 vs 2,079 in Caryville). Caryville has the higher median household income ($61,932 vs $34,678 in La Follette). Caryville has the higher median home value ($193,300 vs $106,000 in La Follette).

Population, income & housing

	Caryville	La Follette
Population	2,079	7,308
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,932	$34,678
Median home value	$193,300	$106,000
Median gross rent	$791	$690
Housing units	1,006	3,651
Homeownership rate	59.4%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caryville	La Follette
Population	2,450 → 2,079 (-15.1%)	6,857 → 7,308 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$39,632 → $61,932 (+56.3%)	$30,876 → $34,678 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$124,300 → $193,300 (+55.5%)	$77,000 → $106,000 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $791 (+21.1%)	$614 → $690 (+12.4%)

Caryville

Population

2,4502,079

Median household income

$39,632$61,932

Median home value

$124,300$193,300

Median gross rent

$653$791

La Follette

Population

6,8577,308

Median household income

$30,876$34,678

Median home value

$77,000$106,000

Median gross rent

$614$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caryville	La Follette
Under 5	9.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	2.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	19.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.4%
75 and over	12.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caryville	La Follette
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caryville	La Follette
No high school diploma	15.1%	20.3%
High school graduate	41.3%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caryville	La Follette
Drove alone	79.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caryville	La Follette
1-unit, detached	65.9%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	29.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Caryville	La Follette
Poverty rate	21.7%	30.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1981	1967