Crab Orchard vs Lake Tansi

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

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

Lake Tansi has the higher population (4,562 vs 834 in Crab Orchard). Lake Tansi has the higher median household income ($56,078 vs $44,708 in Crab Orchard). Lake Tansi has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $137,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Lake Tansi
Population	834	4,562
Median age	45.9 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,708	$56,078
Median home value	$137,900	$233,700
Median gross rent	$625	$779
Housing units	447	2,710
Homeownership rate	83.7%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Lake Tansi
Population	686 → 834 (+21.6%)	4,441 → 4,562 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$36,364 → $44,708 (+22.9%)	$51,953 → $56,078 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $137,900 (+94.5%)	$136,900 → $233,700 (+70.7%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $625 (+8.7%)	$784 → $779 (-0.6%)

Crab Orchard

Population

686834

Median household income

$36,364$44,708

Median home value

$70,900$137,900

Median gross rent

$575$625

Lake Tansi

Population

4,4414,562

Median household income

$51,953$56,078

Median home value

$136,900$233,700

Median gross rent

$784$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Lake Tansi
Under 5	0.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	2.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	25.8%
75 and over	5.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Lake Tansi
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Lake Tansi
No high school diploma	11.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	68.6%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Lake Tansi
Drove alone	75.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.8%
Public transit	2.7%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.2%
Other means	9.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Lake Tansi
1-unit, detached	79.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.0%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Lake Tansi
Poverty rate	12.4%	12.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1977	2001