Gallaway vs Williston

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

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

Gallaway has the higher population (541 vs 490 in Williston). Williston has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $30,750 in Gallaway). Gallaway has the higher median home value ($204,900 vs $162,500 in Williston).

Population, income & housing

	Gallaway	Williston
Population	541	490
Median age	58.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,750	$73,750
Median home value	$204,900	$162,500
Median gross rent	$410	$1,118
Housing units	239	199
Homeownership rate	35.4%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	22.6%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallaway	Williston
Population	708 → 541 (-23.6%)	449 → 490 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$19,125 → $30,750 (+60.8%)	$49,375 → $73,750 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $204,900 (+82.1%)	$99,400 → $162,500 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$498 → $410 (-17.7%)	$950 → $1,118 (+17.7%)

Gallaway

Population

708541

Median household income

$19,125$30,750

Median home value

$112,500$204,900

Median gross rent

$498$410

Williston

Population

449490

Median household income

$49,375$73,750

Median home value

$99,400$162,500

Median gross rent

$950$1,118

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallaway	Williston
Under 5	4.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	10.0%
18 to 24	14.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.6%
35 to 44	5.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	3.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	19.4%	18.6%
75 and over	16.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallaway	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	34.4%	56.9%
Black or African American	63.4%	40.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallaway	Williston
No high school diploma	26.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallaway	Williston
Drove alone	85.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallaway	Williston
1-unit, detached	41.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.0%
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%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Gallaway	Williston
Poverty rate	42.4%	12.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1978	1974