Rossville vs Somerville

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

Rossville 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 1,173 in Rossville). Rossville has the higher median household income ($121,116 vs $31,063 in Somerville). Rossville has the higher median home value ($459,800 vs $301,400 in Somerville).

Population, income & housing

	Rossville	Somerville
Population	1,173	3,439
Median age	53.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,116	$31,063
Median home value	$459,800	$301,400
Median gross rent	—	$645
Housing units	508	1,392
Homeownership rate	91.8%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rossville	Somerville
Population	906 → 1,173 (+29.5%)	3,238 → 3,439 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$98,021 → $121,116 (+23.6%)	$24,266 → $31,063 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$267,900 → $459,800 (+71.6%)	$164,200 → $301,400 (+83.6%)
Median gross rent	$350 → $763 (+118.0%)	$548 → $645 (+17.7%)

Rossville

Population

9061,173

Median household income

$98,021$121,116

Median home value

$267,900$459,800

Median gross rent

$350$763

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)

	Rossville	Somerville
Under 5	4.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.5%	6.7%
55 to 64	24.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	16.6%	11.3%
75 and over	5.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rossville	Somerville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	47.1%
Black or African American	13.4%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	2.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rossville	Somerville
No high school diploma	4.0%	13.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rossville	Somerville
Drove alone	76.5%	81.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	6.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rossville	Somerville
1-unit, detached	93.9%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	22.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Rossville	Somerville
Poverty rate	5.2%	32.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	2007	1977