Crab Orchard vs Crossville

A side-by-side comparison of Crab Orchard and Crossville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crossville has the higher population (12,265 vs 834 in Crab Orchard). Crossville has the higher median household income ($50,672 vs $44,708 in Crab Orchard). Crossville has the higher median home value ($230,300 vs $137,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Crossville
Population	834	12,265
Median age	45.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,708	$50,672
Median home value	$137,900	$230,300
Median gross rent	$625	$827
Housing units	447	5,906
Homeownership rate	83.7%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Crossville
Population	686 → 834 (+21.6%)	11,545 → 12,265 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$36,364 → $44,708 (+22.9%)	$34,113 → $50,672 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $137,900 (+94.5%)	$147,000 → $230,300 (+56.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $625 (+8.7%)	$670 → $827 (+23.4%)

Crab Orchard

Population

686834

Median household income

$36,364$44,708

Median home value

$70,900$137,900

Median gross rent

$575$625

Crossville

Population

11,54512,265

Median household income

$34,113$50,672

Median home value

$147,000$230,300

Median gross rent

$670$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Crossville
Under 5	0.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	16.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.8%
75 and over	5.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Crossville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Crossville
No high school diploma	11.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	68.6%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Crossville
Drove alone	75.5%	84.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.9%
Public transit	2.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.6%
Other means	9.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Crossville
1-unit, detached	79.0%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Crossville
Poverty rate	12.4%	19.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1977	1992