Gadsden vs Maury City

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

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

Maury City has the higher population (685 vs 367 in Gadsden). Maury City has the higher median household income ($63,443 vs $54,250 in Gadsden). Gadsden has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $77,000 in Maury City).

Population, income & housing

	Gadsden	Maury City
Population	367	685
Median age	46.8 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$63,443
Median home value	$117,900	$77,000
Median gross rent	$769	$833
Housing units	226	347
Homeownership rate	62.5%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gadsden	Maury City
Population	574 → 367 (-36.1%)	861 → 685 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$44,891 → $54,250 (+20.8%)	$42,917 → $63,443 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $117,900 (+36.8%)	$79,700 → $77,000 (-3.4%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $769 (+0.1%)	$773 → $833 (+7.8%)

Gadsden

Population

574367

Median household income

$44,891$54,250

Median home value

$86,200$117,900

Median gross rent

$768$769

Maury City

Population

861685

Median household income

$42,917$63,443

Median home value

$79,700$77,000

Median gross rent

$773$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gadsden	Maury City
Under 5	6.5%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	21.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	25.7%
75 and over	9.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gadsden	Maury City
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	46.6%
Black or African American	18.3%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gadsden	Maury City
No high school diploma	13.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	48.4%	48.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gadsden	Maury City
Drove alone	79.9%	98.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gadsden	Maury City
1-unit, detached	93.8%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Gadsden	Maury City
Poverty rate	19.5%	7.6%
Average household size	1.91	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1968	1972