Valley Forge vs Watauga

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

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

Valley Forge has the higher population (1,900 vs 631 in Watauga). Watauga has the higher median household income ($56,912 vs $50,259 in Valley Forge). Valley Forge has the higher median home value ($145,500 vs $128,800 in Watauga).

Population, income & housing

	Valley Forge	Watauga
Population	1,900	631
Median age	55.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,259	$56,912
Median home value	$145,500	$128,800
Median gross rent	$736	—
Housing units	978	301
Homeownership rate	89.5%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valley Forge	Watauga
Population	1,805 → 1,900 (+5.3%)	411 → 631 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$29,556 → $50,259 (+70.0%)	$32,321 → $56,912 (+76.1%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $145,500 (+50.9%)	$88,300 → $128,800 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $736 (+18.5%)	$760 → $813 (+7.0%)

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

Watauga

Population

411631

Median household income

$32,321$56,912

Median home value

$88,300$128,800

Median gross rent

$760$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valley Forge	Watauga
Under 5	4.3%	2.1%
5 to 17	6.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	7.0%
35 to 44	5.5%	19.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	25.6%	19.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	7.8%
75 and over	11.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valley Forge	Watauga
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	1.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valley Forge	Watauga
No high school diploma	10.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	54.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valley Forge	Watauga
Drove alone	89.9%	92.6%
Carpooled	1.1%	2.2%
Public transit	5.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valley Forge	Watauga
1-unit, detached	73.6%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Valley Forge	Watauga
Poverty rate	24.2%	20.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1970	1980