Humboldt vs Medina

A side-by-side comparison of Humboldt and Medina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Humboldt has the higher population (7,799 vs 5,268 in Medina). Medina has the higher median household income ($93,964 vs $42,873 in Humboldt). Medina has the higher median home value ($261,400 vs $111,300 in Humboldt).

Population, income & housing

	Humboldt	Medina
Population	7,799	5,268
Median age	43.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,873	$93,964
Median home value	$111,300	$261,400
Median gross rent	$757	$1,089
Housing units	3,953	1,975
Homeownership rate	46.9%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	37.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humboldt	Medina
Population	8,169 → 7,799 (-4.5%)	4,209 → 5,268 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$31,165 → $42,873 (+37.6%)	$69,206 → $93,964 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$81,900 → $111,300 (+35.9%)	$180,600 → $261,400 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $757 (+10.7%)	$975 → $1,089 (+11.7%)

Humboldt

Population

8,1697,799

Median household income

$31,165$42,873

Median home value

$81,900$111,300

Median gross rent

$684$757

Medina

Population

4,2095,268

Median household income

$69,206$93,964

Median home value

$180,600$261,400

Median gross rent

$975$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humboldt	Medina
Under 5	3.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	18.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	17.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	5.2%
75 and over	10.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humboldt	Medina
White (non-Hispanic)	46.8%	83.7%
Black or African American	37.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humboldt	Medina
No high school diploma	17.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humboldt	Medina
Drove alone	80.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	13.5%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humboldt	Medina
1-unit, detached	71.0%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Humboldt	Medina
Poverty rate	17.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1971	2004