Fincastle vs Jellico

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

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

Jellico has the higher population (1,821 vs 1,328 in Fincastle). Fincastle has the higher median household income ($60,337 vs $41,111 in Jellico). Fincastle has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $143,000 in Jellico).

Population, income & housing

	Fincastle	Jellico
Population	1,328	1,821
Median age	47.7 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,337	$41,111
Median home value	$205,200	$143,000
Median gross rent	$835	$407
Housing units	615	1,141
Homeownership rate	89.3%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	17.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fincastle	Jellico
Population	1,333 → 1,328 (-0.4%)	2,170 → 1,821 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$35,529 → $60,337 (+69.8%)	$21,000 → $41,111 (+95.8%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $205,200 (+178.8%)	$88,900 → $143,000 (+60.9%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $835 (+42.7%)	$460 → $407 (-11.5%)

Fincastle

Population

1,3331,328

Median household income

$35,529$60,337

Median home value

$73,600$205,200

Median gross rent

$585$835

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)

	Fincastle	Jellico
Under 5	5.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	6.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	17.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	18.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.6%
75 and over	7.5%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fincastle	Jellico
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fincastle	Jellico
No high school diploma	19.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fincastle	Jellico
Drove alone	88.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fincastle	Jellico
1-unit, detached	84.6%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.6%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Fincastle	Jellico
Poverty rate	15.7%	24.8%
Average household size	2.30	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1981	1977