Gallaway vs Piperton

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

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

Piperton has the higher population (2,457 vs 541 in Gallaway). Piperton has the higher median household income ($125,982 vs $30,750 in Gallaway). Piperton has the higher median home value ($550,200 vs $204,900 in Gallaway).

Population, income & housing

	Gallaway	Piperton
Population	541	2,457
Median age	58.1 yrs	57.1 yrs
Median household income	$30,750	$125,982
Median home value	$204,900	$550,200
Median gross rent	$410	$1,229
Housing units	239	1,061
Homeownership rate	35.4%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	22.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallaway	Piperton
Population	708 → 541 (-23.6%)	2,142 → 2,457 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$19,125 → $30,750 (+60.8%)	$96,250 → $125,982 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $204,900 (+82.1%)	$399,100 → $550,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$498 → $410 (-17.7%)	$885 → $1,229 (+38.9%)

Gallaway

Population

708541

Median household income

$19,125$30,750

Median home value

$112,500$204,900

Median gross rent

$498$410

Piperton

Population

2,1422,457

Median household income

$96,250$125,982

Median home value

$399,100$550,200

Median gross rent

$885$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallaway	Piperton
Under 5	4.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	14.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	7.7%
45 to 54	3.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	25.0%
65 to 74	19.4%	12.9%
75 and over	16.5%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallaway	Piperton
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	79.3%
Black or African American	63.4%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallaway	Piperton
No high school diploma	26.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallaway	Piperton
Drove alone	85.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallaway	Piperton
1-unit, detached	41.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Gallaway	Piperton
Poverty rate	42.4%	4.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1978	2003