Burns vs White Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Burns and White Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Bluff has the higher population (3,961 vs 1,746 in Burns). White Bluff has the higher median household income ($68,109 vs $67,321 in Burns). Burns has the higher median home value ($285,600 vs $271,500 in White Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Burns	White Bluff
Population	1,746	3,961
Median age	41.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,321	$68,109
Median home value	$285,600	$271,500
Median gross rent	$913	$933
Housing units	754	1,953
Homeownership rate	73.3%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burns	White Bluff
Population	1,761 → 1,746 (-0.9%)	3,517 → 3,961 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$58,920 → $67,321 (+14.3%)	$44,250 → $68,109 (+53.9%)
Median home value	$172,100 → $285,600 (+66.0%)	$143,300 → $271,500 (+89.5%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $913 (+0.8%)	$702 → $933 (+32.9%)

Burns

Population

1,7611,746

Median household income

$58,920$67,321

Median home value

$172,100$285,600

Median gross rent

$906$913

White Bluff

Population

3,5173,961

Median household income

$44,250$68,109

Median home value

$143,300$271,500

Median gross rent

$702$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burns	White Bluff
Under 5	11.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	20.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	13.0%
75 and over	4.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burns	White Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burns	White Bluff
No high school diploma	10.7%	18.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burns	White Bluff
Drove alone	77.5%	62.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	18.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	16.5%
Other means	4.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burns	White Bluff
1-unit, detached	84.5%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Burns	White Bluff
Poverty rate	9.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	42
Median year structure built	1980	1982