Blaine vs Rutledge

A side-by-side comparison of Blaine and Rutledge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blaine has the higher population (2,797 vs 1,521 in Rutledge). Blaine has the higher median household income ($66,010 vs $41,000 in Rutledge). Blaine has the higher median home value ($248,600 vs $152,300 in Rutledge).

Population, income & housing

	Blaine	Rutledge
Population	2,797	1,521
Median age	39.3 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,010	$41,000
Median home value	$248,600	$152,300
Median gross rent	$958	$568
Housing units	1,073	677
Homeownership rate	72.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blaine	Rutledge
Population	2,182 → 2,797 (+28.2%)	1,587 → 1,521 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $66,010 (+30.4%)	$36,202 → $41,000 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $248,600 (+66.2%)	$92,500 → $152,300 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $958 (+23.5%)	$482 → $568 (+17.8%)

Blaine

Population

2,1822,797

Median household income

$50,625$66,010

Median home value

$149,600$248,600

Median gross rent

$776$958

Rutledge

Population

1,5871,521

Median household income

$36,202$41,000

Median home value

$92,500$152,300

Median gross rent

$482$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blaine	Rutledge
Under 5	4.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	17.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	7.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	15.7%
75 and over	4.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blaine	Rutledge
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blaine	Rutledge
No high school diploma	8.1%	19.7%
High school graduate	51.8%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blaine	Rutledge
Drove alone	78.0%	89.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blaine	Rutledge
1-unit, detached	64.1%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Blaine	Rutledge
Poverty rate	8.7%	22.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1998	1977