Friendship vs Gadsden

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

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

Friendship has the higher population (671 vs 367 in Gadsden). Gadsden has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $35,000 in Friendship). Gadsden has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $105,400 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Friendship	Gadsden
Population	671	367
Median age	34.4 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$54,250
Median home value	$105,400	$117,900
Median gross rent	$663	$769
Housing units	328	226
Homeownership rate	57.4%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friendship	Gadsden
Population	664 → 671 (+1.1%)	574 → 367 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$30,250 → $35,000 (+15.7%)	$44,891 → $54,250 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $105,400 (+39.8%)	$86,200 → $117,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$474 → $663 (+39.9%)	$768 → $769 (+0.1%)

Friendship

Population

664671

Median household income

$30,250$35,000

Median home value

$75,400$105,400

Median gross rent

$474$663

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)

	Friendship	Gadsden
Under 5	4.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	6.1%	21.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.1%
75 and over	8.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friendship	Gadsden
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	76.8%
Black or African American	7.9%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friendship	Gadsden
No high school diploma	22.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friendship	Gadsden
Drove alone	89.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	8.5%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friendship	Gadsden
1-unit, detached	69.2%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Friendship	Gadsden
Poverty rate	38.9%	19.5%
Average household size	2.24	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1973	1968