Fincastle vs La Follette

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

Fincastle 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 1,328 in Fincastle). Fincastle has the higher median household income ($60,337 vs $34,678 in La Follette). Fincastle has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $106,000 in La Follette).

Population, income & housing

	Fincastle	La Follette
Population	1,328	7,308
Median age	47.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,337	$34,678
Median home value	$205,200	$106,000
Median gross rent	$835	$690
Housing units	615	3,651
Homeownership rate	89.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fincastle	La Follette
Population	1,333 → 1,328 (-0.4%)	6,857 → 7,308 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$35,529 → $60,337 (+69.8%)	$30,876 → $34,678 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $205,200 (+178.8%)	$77,000 → $106,000 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $835 (+42.7%)	$614 → $690 (+12.4%)

Fincastle

Population

1,3331,328

Median household income

$35,529$60,337

Median home value

$73,600$205,200

Median gross rent

$585$835

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)

	Fincastle	La Follette
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	18.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.4%
75 and over	7.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fincastle	La Follette
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fincastle	La Follette
No high school diploma	19.6%	20.3%
High school graduate	29.9%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fincastle	La Follette
Drove alone	88.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fincastle	La Follette
1-unit, detached	84.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Fincastle	La Follette
Poverty rate	15.7%	30.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1981	1967