Dyersburg vs Newbern

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

Dyersburg and Newbern 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 3,313 in Newbern). Dyersburg has the higher median household income ($51,846 vs $49,853 in Newbern). Dyersburg has the higher median home value ($170,900 vs $92,700 in Newbern).

Population, income & housing

	Dyersburg	Newbern
Population	16,075	3,313
Median age	41.4 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,846	$49,853
Median home value	$170,900	$92,700
Median gross rent	$759	$802
Housing units	7,452	1,617
Homeownership rate	49.1%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyersburg	Newbern
Population	16,476 → 16,075 (-2.4%)	3,314 → 3,313 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$38,614 → $51,846 (+34.3%)	$51,154 → $49,853 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $170,900 (+61.5%)	$73,000 → $92,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $759 (+14.3%)	$692 → $802 (+15.9%)

Dyersburg

Population

16,47616,075

Median household income

$38,614$51,846

Median home value

$105,800$170,900

Median gross rent

$664$759

Newbern

Population

3,3143,313

Median household income

$51,154$49,853

Median home value

$73,000$92,700

Median gross rent

$692$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyersburg	Newbern
Under 5	5.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	20.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	5.5%
75 and over	7.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyersburg	Newbern
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	78.9%
Black or African American	27.7%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyersburg	Newbern
No high school diploma	10.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyersburg	Newbern
Drove alone	85.3%	95.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyersburg	Newbern
1-unit, detached	73.9%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Dyersburg	Newbern
Poverty rate	23.5%	23.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1972	1973