Central vs Valley Forge

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

Central and Valley Forge 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 1,900 in Valley Forge). Valley Forge has the higher median household income ($50,259 vs $42,292 in Central). Valley Forge has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $126,700 in Central).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Valley Forge
Population	1,944	1,900
Median age	52.5 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,292	$50,259
Median home value	$126,700	$145,500
Median gross rent	$889	$736
Housing units	1,026	978
Homeownership rate	78.0%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Valley Forge
Population	2,217 → 1,944 (-12.3%)	1,805 → 1,900 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$27,188 → $42,292 (+55.6%)	$29,556 → $50,259 (+70.0%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $126,700 (+0.4%)	$96,400 → $145,500 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $889 (+51.2%)	$621 → $736 (+18.5%)

Central

Population

2,2171,944

Median household income

$27,188$42,292

Median home value

$126,200$126,700

Median gross rent

$588$889

Valley Forge

Population

1,8051,900

Median household income

$29,556$50,259

Median home value

$96,400$145,500

Median gross rent

$621$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Valley Forge
Under 5	2.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	6.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	20.3%	25.6%
65 to 74	18.6%	14.9%
75 and over	8.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Valley Forge
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Valley Forge
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	33.7%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Valley Forge
Drove alone	95.7%	89.9%
Carpooled	3.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Valley Forge
1-unit, detached	52.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Central	Valley Forge
Poverty rate	14.0%	24.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1977	1970