Dyersburg vs Fowlkes

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

Dyersburg and Fowlkes 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 898 in Fowlkes). Dyersburg has the higher median household income ($51,846 vs $43,813 in Fowlkes). Dyersburg has the higher median home value ($170,900 vs $81,400 in Fowlkes).

Population, income & housing

	Dyersburg	Fowlkes
Population	16,075	898
Median age	41.4 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,846	$43,813
Median home value	$170,900	$81,400
Median gross rent	$759	$712
Housing units	7,452	368
Homeownership rate	49.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyersburg	Fowlkes
Population	16,476 → 16,075 (-2.4%)	1,123 → 898 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$38,614 → $51,846 (+34.3%)	$32,361 → $43,813 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $170,900 (+61.5%)	$70,500 → $81,400 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $759 (+14.3%)	$628 → $712 (+13.4%)

Dyersburg

Population

16,47616,075

Median household income

$38,614$51,846

Median home value

$105,800$170,900

Median gross rent

$664$759

Fowlkes

Population

1,123898

Median household income

$32,361$43,813

Median home value

$70,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$628$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyersburg	Fowlkes
Under 5	5.9%	14.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	18.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	6.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	4.0%
75 and over	7.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyersburg	Fowlkes
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	97.4%
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%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyersburg	Fowlkes
No high school diploma	10.9%	20.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyersburg	Fowlkes
Drove alone	85.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyersburg	Fowlkes
1-unit, detached	73.9%	66.8%
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%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Dyersburg	Fowlkes
Poverty rate	23.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1972	1977