Gallaway vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,173 vs 541 in Gallaway). Rossville has the higher median household income ($121,116 vs $30,750 in Gallaway). Rossville has the higher median home value ($459,800 vs $204,900 in Gallaway).

Population, income & housing

	Gallaway	Rossville
Population	541	1,173
Median age	58.1 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,750	$121,116
Median home value	$204,900	$459,800
Median gross rent	$410	—
Housing units	239	508
Homeownership rate	35.4%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	22.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallaway	Rossville
Population	708 → 541 (-23.6%)	906 → 1,173 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$19,125 → $30,750 (+60.8%)	$98,021 → $121,116 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $204,900 (+82.1%)	$267,900 → $459,800 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$498 → $410 (-17.7%)	$350 → $763 (+118.0%)

Gallaway

Population

708541

Median household income

$19,125$30,750

Median home value

$112,500$204,900

Median gross rent

$498$410

Rossville

Population

9061,173

Median household income

$98,021$121,116

Median home value

$267,900$459,800

Median gross rent

$350$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallaway	Rossville
Under 5	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.0%	9.5%
18 to 24	14.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	5.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	3.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	24.3%
65 to 74	19.4%	16.6%
75 and over	16.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallaway	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	82.8%
Black or African American	63.4%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallaway	Rossville
No high school diploma	26.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallaway	Rossville
Drove alone	85.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.0%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallaway	Rossville
1-unit, detached	41.0%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Gallaway	Rossville
Poverty rate	42.4%	5.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1978	2007