Gallaway vs Somerville

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

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

Somerville has the higher population (3,439 vs 541 in Gallaway). Somerville has the higher median household income ($31,063 vs $30,750 in Gallaway). Somerville has the higher median home value ($301,400 vs $204,900 in Gallaway).

Population, income & housing

	Gallaway	Somerville
Population	541	3,439
Median age	58.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$30,750	$31,063
Median home value	$204,900	$301,400
Median gross rent	$410	$645
Housing units	239	1,392
Homeownership rate	35.4%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	22.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallaway	Somerville
Population	708 → 541 (-23.6%)	3,238 → 3,439 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$19,125 → $30,750 (+60.8%)	$24,266 → $31,063 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $204,900 (+82.1%)	$164,200 → $301,400 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$498 → $410 (-17.7%)	$548 → $645 (+17.7%)

Gallaway

Population

708541

Median household income

$19,125$30,750

Median home value

$112,500$204,900

Median gross rent

$498$410

Somerville

Population

3,2383,439

Median household income

$24,266$31,063

Median home value

$164,200$301,400

Median gross rent

$548$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallaway	Somerville
Under 5	4.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	14.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	5.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	3.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	19.4%	11.3%
75 and over	16.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallaway	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	47.1%
Black or African American	63.4%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallaway	Somerville
No high school diploma	26.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallaway	Somerville
Drove alone	85.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallaway	Somerville
1-unit, detached	41.0%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	22.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Gallaway	Somerville
Poverty rate	42.4%	32.1%
Average household size	1.91	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1978	1977