Cumberland Gap vs New Tazewell

A side-by-side comparison of Cumberland Gap and New Tazewell: population, income, housing, and more.

Cumberland Gap and New Tazewell are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Tazewell has the higher population (2,779 vs 330 in Cumberland Gap). New Tazewell has the higher median household income ($55,254 vs $46,250 in Cumberland Gap). Cumberland Gap has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $162,500 in New Tazewell).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland Gap	New Tazewell
Population	330	2,779
Median age	30.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$55,254
Median home value	$215,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$1,158	$690
Housing units	137	1,156
Homeownership rate	47.5%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland Gap	New Tazewell
Population	326 → 330 (+1.2%)	2,730 → 2,779 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $46,250 (+29.8%)	$30,893 → $55,254 (+78.9%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $215,000 (+27.4%)	$108,100 → $162,500 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,158 (+22.8%)	$584 → $690 (+18.2%)

Cumberland Gap

Population

326330

Median household income

$35,625$46,250

Median home value

$168,800$215,000

Median gross rent

$943$1,158

New Tazewell

Population

2,7302,779

Median household income

$30,893$55,254

Median home value

$108,100$162,500

Median gross rent

$584$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cumberland Gap	New Tazewell
Under 5	1.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	4.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	36.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	7.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	4.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.3%
75 and over	6.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland Gap	New Tazewell
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	96.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland Gap	New Tazewell
No high school diploma	3.6%	19.8%
High school graduate	18.2%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland Gap	New Tazewell
Drove alone	76.6%	89.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland Gap	New Tazewell
1-unit, detached	73.0%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland Gap	New Tazewell
Poverty rate	19.9%	16.7%
Average household size	1.85	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1968	1980