Dyersburg vs Finley

A side-by-side comparison of Dyersburg and Finley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dyersburg has the higher population (16,075 vs 493 in Finley). Finley has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $51,846 in Dyersburg). Dyersburg has the higher median home value ($170,900 vs $143,200 in Finley).

Population, income & housing

	Dyersburg	Finley
Population	16,075	493
Median age	41.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,846	$60,625
Median home value	$170,900	$143,200
Median gross rent	$759	$1,119
Housing units	7,452	238
Homeownership rate	49.1%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyersburg	Finley
Population	16,476 → 16,075 (-2.4%)	697 → 493 (-29.3%)
Median household income	$38,614 → $51,846 (+34.3%)	$60,278 → $60,625 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $170,900 (+61.5%)	$110,400 → $143,200 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $759 (+14.3%)	$876 → $1,119 (+27.7%)

Dyersburg

Population

16,47616,075

Median household income

$38,614$51,846

Median home value

$105,800$170,900

Median gross rent

$664$759

Finley

Population

697493

Median household income

$60,278$60,625

Median home value

$110,400$143,200

Median gross rent

$876$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyersburg	Finley
Under 5	5.9%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	22.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	1.8%
75 and over	7.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyersburg	Finley
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	93.3%
Black or African American	27.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyersburg	Finley
No high school diploma	10.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	39.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyersburg	Finley
Drove alone	85.3%	92.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyersburg	Finley
1-unit, detached	73.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Dyersburg	Finley
Poverty rate	23.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1972	1969