Oakland vs Rossville

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

Oakland and Rossville 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 1,173 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median household income ($121,116 vs $89,240 in Oakland). Rossville has the higher median home value ($459,800 vs $297,300 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Rossville
Population	9,544	1,173
Median age	40.6 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$89,240	$121,116
Median home value	$297,300	$459,800
Median gross rent	$1,815	—
Housing units	3,900	508
Homeownership rate	88.1%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Rossville
Population	7,893 → 9,544 (+20.9%)	906 → 1,173 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$75,316 → $89,240 (+18.5%)	$98,021 → $121,116 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$185,800 → $297,300 (+60.0%)	$267,900 → $459,800 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,502 → $1,815 (+20.8%)	$350 → $763 (+118.0%)

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

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)

	Oakland	Rossville
Under 5	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	24.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	16.6%
75 and over	6.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	23.7%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Rossville
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Rossville
Drove alone	69.3%	76.5%
Carpooled	15.7%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.2%
Other means	4.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Rossville
1-unit, detached	99.7%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Rossville
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	2005	2007