Dyer vs Rutherford

A side-by-side comparison of Dyer and Rutherford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dyer has the higher population (2,334 vs 1,203 in Rutherford). Dyer has the higher median household income ($50,962 vs $50,000 in Rutherford). Dyer has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $91,500 in Rutherford).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer	Rutherford
Population	2,334	1,203
Median age	33.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,962	$50,000
Median home value	$117,600	$91,500
Median gross rent	$810	$718
Housing units	952	572
Homeownership rate	63.8%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer	Rutherford
Population	2,791 → 2,334 (-16.4%)	1,116 → 1,203 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$35,733 → $50,962 (+42.6%)	$33,359 → $50,000 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$78,400 → $117,600 (+50.0%)	$65,400 → $91,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $810 (+22.9%)	$650 → $718 (+10.5%)

Dyer

Population

2,7912,334

Median household income

$35,733$50,962

Median home value

$78,400$117,600

Median gross rent

$659$810

Rutherford

Population

1,1161,203

Median household income

$33,359$50,000

Median home value

$65,400$91,500

Median gross rent

$650$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyer	Rutherford
Under 5	13.4%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	12.3%	2.0%
25 to 34	6.2%	19.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	15.0%
75 and over	8.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	83.1%
Black or African American	18.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer	Rutherford
No high school diploma	8.8%	13.0%
High school graduate	44.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer	Rutherford
Drove alone	86.4%	83.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	81.7%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Dyer	Rutherford
Poverty rate	19.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1967	1966