Alamo vs Gadsden

A side-by-side comparison of Alamo and Gadsden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alamo has the higher population (2,565 vs 367 in Gadsden). Gadsden has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $52,768 in Alamo). Gadsden has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $117,000 in Alamo).

Population, income & housing

	Alamo	Gadsden
Population	2,565	367
Median age	34.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,768	$54,250
Median home value	$117,000	$117,900
Median gross rent	$806	$769
Housing units	1,093	226
Homeownership rate	56.6%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamo	Gadsden
Population	2,187 → 2,565 (+17.3%)	574 → 367 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$39,327 → $52,768 (+34.2%)	$44,891 → $54,250 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $117,000 (+22.4%)	$86,200 → $117,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $806 (+27.1%)	$768 → $769 (+0.1%)

Alamo

Population

2,1872,565

Median household income

$39,327$52,768

Median home value

$95,600$117,000

Median gross rent

$634$806

Gadsden

Population

574367

Median household income

$44,891$54,250

Median home value

$86,200$117,900

Median gross rent

$768$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamo	Gadsden
Under 5	6.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	21.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	21.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.1%
75 and over	6.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamo	Gadsden
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	76.8%
Black or African American	7.3%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamo	Gadsden
No high school diploma	19.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	46.6%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamo	Gadsden
Drove alone	80.2%	79.9%
Carpooled	14.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamo	Gadsden
1-unit, detached	76.1%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Alamo	Gadsden
Poverty rate	21.2%	19.5%
Average household size	2.57	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1971	1968