Central vs Pine Crest

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

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

Pine Crest has the higher population (2,173 vs 1,944 in Central). Pine Crest has the higher median household income ($54,900 vs $42,292 in Central). Pine Crest has the higher median home value ($181,100 vs $126,700 in Central).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Pine Crest
Population	1,944	2,173
Median age	52.5 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,292	$54,900
Median home value	$126,700	$181,100
Median gross rent	$889	$735
Housing units	1,026	1,094
Homeownership rate	78.0%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Pine Crest
Population	2,217 → 1,944 (-12.3%)	2,541 → 2,173 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$27,188 → $42,292 (+55.6%)	$51,434 → $54,900 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $126,700 (+0.4%)	$132,700 → $181,100 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $889 (+51.2%)	$815 → $735 (-9.8%)

Central

Population

2,2171,944

Median household income

$27,188$42,292

Median home value

$126,200$126,700

Median gross rent

$588$889

Pine Crest

Population

2,5412,173

Median household income

$51,434$54,900

Median home value

$132,700$181,100

Median gross rent

$815$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Pine Crest
Under 5	2.9%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	6.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	18.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	9.4%
65 to 74	18.6%	23.3%
75 and over	8.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Pine Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Pine Crest
No high school diploma	10.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	33.7%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Pine Crest
Drove alone	95.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Pine Crest
1-unit, detached	52.6%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Central	Pine Crest
Poverty rate	14.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1977	1976