Dowelltown vs Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Dowelltown and Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dowelltown has the higher population (382 vs 367 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median household income ($44,205 vs $37,917 in Dowelltown). Liberty has the higher median home value ($182,100 vs $155,100 in Dowelltown).

Population, income & housing

	Dowelltown	Liberty
Population	382	367
Median age	33.8 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$44,205
Median home value	$155,100	$182,100
Median gross rent	$716	$758
Housing units	172	174
Homeownership rate	66.0%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dowelltown	Liberty
Population	323 → 382 (+18.3%)	374 → 367 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $37,917 (+6.4%)	$48,250 → $44,205 (-8.4%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $155,100 (+37.0%)	$135,700 → $182,100 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $716 (+24.5%)	$688 → $758 (+10.2%)

Dowelltown

Population

323382

Median household income

$35,625$37,917

Median home value

$113,200$155,100

Median gross rent

$575$716

Liberty

Population

374367

Median household income

$48,250$44,205

Median home value

$135,700$182,100

Median gross rent

$688$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dowelltown	Liberty
Under 5	3.7%	10.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	11.4%
25 to 34	26.7%	18.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.4%
75 and over	5.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dowelltown	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dowelltown	Liberty
No high school diploma	13.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	41.3%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dowelltown	Liberty
Drove alone	89.9%	89.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dowelltown	Liberty
1-unit, detached	82.6%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Dowelltown	Liberty
Poverty rate	38.2%	18.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	44	31
Median year structure built	1974	1968