Rossville vs Williston

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

Rossville and Williston 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 490 in Williston). Rossville has the higher median household income ($121,116 vs $73,750 in Williston). Rossville has the higher median home value ($459,800 vs $162,500 in Williston).

Population, income & housing

	Rossville	Williston
Population	1,173	490
Median age	53.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$121,116	$73,750
Median home value	$459,800	$162,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,118
Housing units	508	199
Homeownership rate	91.8%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rossville	Williston
Population	906 → 1,173 (+29.5%)	449 → 490 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$98,021 → $121,116 (+23.6%)	$49,375 → $73,750 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$267,900 → $459,800 (+71.6%)	$99,400 → $162,500 (+63.5%)
Median gross rent	$350 → $763 (+118.0%)	$950 → $1,118 (+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

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)

	Rossville	Williston
Under 5	4.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	16.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	24.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	16.6%	18.6%
75 and over	5.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rossville	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	56.9%
Black or African American	13.4%	40.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rossville	Williston
No high school diploma	4.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	31.1%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rossville	Williston
Drove alone	76.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rossville	Williston
1-unit, detached	93.9%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Rossville	Williston
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	2007	1974