Central vs Roan Mountain

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

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

Central has the higher population (1,944 vs 976 in Roan Mountain). Roan Mountain has the higher median household income ($59,539 vs $42,292 in Central). Roan Mountain has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $126,700 in Central).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Roan Mountain
Population	1,944	976
Median age	52.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,292	$59,539
Median home value	$126,700	$162,000
Median gross rent	$889	—
Housing units	1,026	424
Homeownership rate	78.0%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Roan Mountain
Population	2,217 → 1,944 (-12.3%)	1,301 → 976 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$27,188 → $42,292 (+55.6%)	$52,989 → $59,539 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $126,700 (+0.4%)	$129,000 → $162,000 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $889 (+51.2%)	$756 → $868 (+14.8%)

Central

Population

2,2171,944

Median household income

$27,188$42,292

Median home value

$126,200$126,700

Median gross rent

$588$889

Roan Mountain

Population

1,301976

Median household income

$52,989$59,539

Median home value

$129,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$756$868

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Roan Mountain
Under 5	2.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	21.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	18.6%	9.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Roan Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Roan Mountain
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	33.7%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Roan Mountain
Drove alone	95.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Roan Mountain
1-unit, detached	52.6%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Central	Roan Mountain
Poverty rate	14.0%	1.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1977	1982