Beersheba Springs vs Palmer

A side-by-side comparison of Beersheba Springs and Palmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmer has the higher population (734 vs 610 in Beersheba Springs). Beersheba Springs has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $41,250 in Palmer). Beersheba Springs has the higher median home value ($102,700 vs $86,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Beersheba Springs	Palmer
Population	610	734
Median age	44.6 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$41,250
Median home value	$102,700	$86,500
Median gross rent	—	$573
Housing units	354	291
Homeownership rate	97.8%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beersheba Springs	Palmer
Population	543 → 610 (+12.3%)	696 → 734 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$40,313 → $50,000 (+24.0%)	$27,578 → $41,250 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $102,700 (+33.9%)	$82,000 → $86,500 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$616 → $573 (-7.0%)

Beersheba Springs

Population

543610

Median household income

$40,313$50,000

Median home value

$76,700$102,700

Palmer

Population

696734

Median household income

$27,578$41,250

Median home value

$82,000$86,500

Median gross rent

$616$573

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beersheba Springs	Palmer
Under 5	5.1%	12.9%
5 to 17	9.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	13.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	18.4%	18.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.6%
75 and over	5.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beersheba Springs	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beersheba Springs	Palmer
No high school diploma	25.7%	28.7%
High school graduate	50.5%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beersheba Springs	Palmer
Drove alone	89.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beersheba Springs	Palmer
1-unit, detached	70.6%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Beersheba Springs	Palmer
Poverty rate	23.9%	23.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	39
Median year structure built	1972	1984