Fairfield Glade vs Lake Tansi

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

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

Fairfield Glade has the higher population (9,149 vs 4,562 in Lake Tansi). Fairfield Glade has the higher median household income ($73,569 vs $56,078 in Lake Tansi). Fairfield Glade has the higher median home value ($321,300 vs $233,700 in Lake Tansi).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield Glade	Lake Tansi
Population	9,149	4,562
Median age	70.0 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,569	$56,078
Median home value	$321,300	$233,700
Median gross rent	$1,191	$779
Housing units	5,464	2,710
Homeownership rate	90.6%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield Glade	Lake Tansi
Population	8,985 → 9,149 (+1.8%)	4,441 → 4,562 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$54,545 → $73,569 (+34.9%)	$51,953 → $56,078 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$218,100 → $321,300 (+47.3%)	$136,900 → $233,700 (+70.7%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,191 (+35.8%)	$784 → $779 (-0.6%)

Fairfield Glade

Population

8,9859,149

Median household income

$54,545$73,569

Median home value

$218,100$321,300

Median gross rent

$877$1,191

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)

	Fairfield Glade	Lake Tansi
Under 5	1.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	2.7%	12.8%
18 to 24	2.2%	2.3%
25 to 34	2.7%	6.8%
35 to 44	1.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	39.1%	25.8%
75 and over	29.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield Glade	Lake Tansi
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield Glade	Lake Tansi
No high school diploma	2.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	25.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield Glade	Lake Tansi
Drove alone	71.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.3%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield Glade	Lake Tansi
1-unit, detached	81.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield Glade	Lake Tansi
Poverty rate	7.9%	12.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1997	2001