Central vs Hunter

A side-by-side comparison of Central and Hunter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hunter has the higher population (1,997 vs 1,944 in Central). Hunter has the higher median household income ($51,763 vs $42,292 in Central). Hunter has the higher median home value ($163,100 vs $126,700 in Central).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Hunter
Population	1,944	1,997
Median age	52.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,292	$51,763
Median home value	$126,700	$163,100
Median gross rent	$889	$684
Housing units	1,026	990
Homeownership rate	78.0%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Hunter
Population	2,217 → 1,944 (-12.3%)	2,390 → 1,997 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$27,188 → $42,292 (+55.6%)	$43,611 → $51,763 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $126,700 (+0.4%)	$131,900 → $163,100 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $889 (+51.2%)	$516 → $684 (+32.6%)

Central

Population

2,2171,944

Median household income

$27,188$42,292

Median home value

$126,200$126,700

Median gross rent

$588$889

Hunter

Population

2,3901,997

Median household income

$43,611$51,763

Median home value

$131,900$163,100

Median gross rent

$516$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Hunter
Under 5	2.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	17.7%
55 to 64	20.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	18.6%	6.3%
75 and over	8.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Hunter
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Hunter
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	33.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Hunter
Drove alone	95.7%	92.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Hunter
1-unit, detached	52.6%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Central	Hunter
Poverty rate	14.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1977	1983