Coalmont vs Monteagle

A side-by-side comparison of Coalmont and Monteagle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monteagle has the higher population (1,818 vs 1,103 in Coalmont). Coalmont has the higher median household income ($58,362 vs $53,005 in Monteagle). Monteagle has the higher median home value ($299,400 vs $138,400 in Coalmont).

Population, income & housing

	Coalmont	Monteagle
Population	1,103	1,818
Median age	41.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,362	$53,005
Median home value	$138,400	$299,400
Median gross rent	$575	$746
Housing units	385	891
Homeownership rate	87.9%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalmont	Monteagle
Population	940 → 1,103 (+17.3%)	1,836 → 1,818 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$41,944 → $58,362 (+39.1%)	$46,447 → $53,005 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $138,400 (+57.6%)	$147,200 → $299,400 (+103.4%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)	$667 → $746 (+11.8%)

Coalmont

Population

9401,103

Median household income

$41,944$58,362

Median home value

$87,800$138,400

Median gross rent

$620$575

Monteagle

Population

1,8361,818

Median household income

$46,447$53,005

Median home value

$147,200$299,400

Median gross rent

$667$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalmont	Monteagle
Under 5	3.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.1%
35 to 44	6.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.4%
75 and over	11.2%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalmont	Monteagle
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalmont	Monteagle
No high school diploma	15.8%	18.3%
High school graduate	51.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalmont	Monteagle
Drove alone	87.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalmont	Monteagle
1-unit, detached	70.1%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Coalmont	Monteagle
Poverty rate	20.9%	19.9%
Average household size	3.03	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	20
Median year structure built	1981	1991