Crossville vs Lake Tansi

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

Crossville and Lake Tansi 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 4,562 in Lake Tansi). Lake Tansi has the higher median household income ($56,078 vs $50,672 in Crossville). Lake Tansi has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $230,300 in Crossville).

Population, income & housing

	Crossville	Lake Tansi
Population	12,265	4,562
Median age	40.8 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,672	$56,078
Median home value	$230,300	$233,700
Median gross rent	$827	$779
Housing units	5,906	2,710
Homeownership rate	54.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossville	Lake Tansi
Population	11,545 → 12,265 (+6.2%)	4,441 → 4,562 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$34,113 → $50,672 (+48.5%)	$51,953 → $56,078 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $230,300 (+56.7%)	$136,900 → $233,700 (+70.7%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $827 (+23.4%)	$784 → $779 (-0.6%)

Crossville

Population

11,54512,265

Median household income

$34,113$50,672

Median home value

$147,000$230,300

Median gross rent

$670$827

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)

	Crossville	Lake Tansi
Under 5	4.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	2.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	25.8%
75 and over	10.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossville	Lake Tansi
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossville	Lake Tansi
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	44.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossville	Lake Tansi
Drove alone	84.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.3%	3.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	8.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossville	Lake Tansi
1-unit, detached	57.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Crossville	Lake Tansi
Poverty rate	19.5%	12.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1992	2001