New Tazewell vs Tazewell

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

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

Tazewell has the higher population (2,864 vs 2,779 in New Tazewell). New Tazewell has the higher median household income ($55,254 vs $41,852 in Tazewell). Tazewell has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $162,500 in New Tazewell).

Population, income & housing

	New Tazewell	Tazewell
Population	2,779	2,864
Median age	44.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,254	$41,852
Median home value	$162,500	$163,900
Median gross rent	$690	$748
Housing units	1,156	1,259
Homeownership rate	41.7%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Tazewell	Tazewell
Population	2,730 → 2,779 (+1.8%)	2,451 → 2,864 (+16.9%)
Median household income	$30,893 → $55,254 (+78.9%)	$35,357 → $41,852 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$108,100 → $162,500 (+50.3%)	$103,200 → $163,900 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $690 (+18.2%)	$634 → $748 (+18.0%)

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

Tazewell

Population

2,4512,864

Median household income

$35,357$41,852

Median home value

$103,200$163,900

Median gross rent

$634$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Tazewell	Tazewell
Under 5	8.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.1%	24.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	18.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.3%
75 and over	9.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Tazewell	Tazewell
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	96.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Tazewell	Tazewell
No high school diploma	19.8%	16.6%
High school graduate	44.7%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Tazewell	Tazewell
Drove alone	89.9%	89.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Tazewell	Tazewell
1-unit, detached	52.4%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	New Tazewell	Tazewell
Poverty rate	16.7%	34.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1980	1975