Fowlkes vs Newbern

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

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

Newbern has the higher population (3,313 vs 898 in Fowlkes). Newbern has the higher median household income ($49,853 vs $43,813 in Fowlkes). Newbern has the higher median home value ($92,700 vs $81,400 in Fowlkes).

Population, income & housing

	Fowlkes	Newbern
Population	898	3,313
Median age	28.2 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,813	$49,853
Median home value	$81,400	$92,700
Median gross rent	$712	$802
Housing units	368	1,617
Homeownership rate	48.4%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fowlkes	Newbern
Population	1,123 → 898 (-20.0%)	3,314 → 3,313 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$32,361 → $43,813 (+35.4%)	$51,154 → $49,853 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $81,400 (+15.5%)	$73,000 → $92,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $712 (+13.4%)	$692 → $802 (+15.9%)

Fowlkes

Population

1,123898

Median household income

$32,361$43,813

Median home value

$70,500$81,400

Median gross rent

$628$712

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)

	Fowlkes	Newbern
Under 5	14.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	18.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	20.4%
35 to 44	6.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	7.5%
65 to 74	4.0%	5.5%
75 and over	9.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fowlkes	Newbern
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fowlkes	Newbern
No high school diploma	20.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	41.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fowlkes	Newbern
Drove alone	100.0%	95.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fowlkes	Newbern
1-unit, detached	66.8%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Fowlkes	Newbern
Poverty rate	4.1%	23.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1977	1973