Gallaway vs Oakland

A side-by-side comparison of Gallaway and Oakland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakland has the higher population (9,544 vs 541 in Gallaway). Oakland has the higher median household income ($89,240 vs $30,750 in Gallaway). Oakland has the higher median home value ($297,300 vs $204,900 in Gallaway).

Population, income & housing

	Gallaway	Oakland
Population	541	9,544
Median age	58.1 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,750	$89,240
Median home value	$204,900	$297,300
Median gross rent	$410	$1,815
Housing units	239	3,900
Homeownership rate	35.4%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	22.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallaway	Oakland
Population	708 → 541 (-23.6%)	7,893 → 9,544 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$19,125 → $30,750 (+60.8%)	$75,316 → $89,240 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $204,900 (+82.1%)	$185,800 → $297,300 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$498 → $410 (-17.7%)	$1,502 → $1,815 (+20.8%)

Gallaway

Population

708541

Median household income

$19,125$30,750

Median home value

$112,500$204,900

Median gross rent

$498$410

Oakland

Population

7,8939,544

Median household income

$75,316$89,240

Median home value

$185,800$297,300

Median gross rent

$1,502$1,815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallaway	Oakland
Under 5	4.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	14.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	3.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	19.4%	10.7%
75 and over	16.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallaway	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	72.1%
Black or African American	63.4%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallaway	Oakland
No high school diploma	26.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallaway	Oakland
Drove alone	85.3%	69.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallaway	Oakland
1-unit, detached	41.0%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gallaway	Oakland
Poverty rate	42.4%	6.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1978	2005