Decherd vs Estill Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Decherd and Estill Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Decherd has the higher population (2,816 vs 2,008 in Estill Springs). Estill Springs has the higher median household income ($49,148 vs $34,646 in Decherd). Estill Springs has the higher median home value ($166,700 vs $118,600 in Decherd).

Population, income & housing

	Decherd	Estill Springs
Population	2,816	2,008
Median age	39.4 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,646	$49,148
Median home value	$118,600	$166,700
Median gross rent	$848	$810
Housing units	1,427	855
Homeownership rate	37.0%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decherd	Estill Springs
Population	3,058 → 2,816 (-7.9%)	1,978 → 2,008 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$34,504 → $34,646 (+0.4%)	$44,063 → $49,148 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $118,600 (+29.6%)	$119,900 → $166,700 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $848 (+14.3%)	$919 → $810 (-11.9%)

Decherd

Population

3,0582,816

Median household income

$34,504$34,646

Median home value

$91,500$118,600

Median gross rent

$742$848

Estill Springs

Population

1,9782,008

Median household income

$44,063$49,148

Median home value

$119,900$166,700

Median gross rent

$919$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decherd	Estill Springs
Under 5	5.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.1%
75 and over	4.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decherd	Estill Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decherd	Estill Springs
No high school diploma	10.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	51.5%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decherd	Estill Springs
Drove alone	78.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decherd	Estill Springs
1-unit, detached	50.9%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	33.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Decherd	Estill Springs
Poverty rate	21.1%	18.1%
Average household size	2.12	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1981	1983