Beersheba Springs vs Pelham

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

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

Beersheba Springs has the higher population (610 vs 429 in Pelham). Pelham has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $50,000 in Beersheba Springs). Pelham has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $102,700 in Beersheba Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Beersheba Springs	Pelham
Population	610	429
Median age	44.6 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$66,667
Median home value	$102,700	$157,100
Housing units	354	163
Homeownership rate	97.8%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beersheba Springs	Pelham
Population	543 → 610 (+12.3%)	408 → 429 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$40,313 → $50,000 (+24.0%)	$53,676 → $66,667 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $102,700 (+33.9%)	$102,300 → $157,100 (+53.6%)

Beersheba Springs

Population

543610

Median household income

$40,313$50,000

Median home value

$76,700$102,700

Pelham

Population

408429

Median household income

$53,676$66,667

Median home value

$102,300$157,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beersheba Springs	Pelham
Under 5	5.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	9.7%	28.7%
18 to 24	13.8%	14.5%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	17.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	18.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	4.2%
75 and over	5.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beersheba Springs	Pelham
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beersheba Springs	Pelham
No high school diploma	25.7%	14.4%
High school graduate	50.5%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beersheba Springs	Pelham
Drove alone	89.4%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beersheba Springs	Pelham
1-unit, detached	70.6%	74.8%
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%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Beersheba Springs	Pelham
Poverty rate	23.9%	3.3%
Average household size	2.65	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1972	1978