Coalmont vs Palmer

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

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

Coalmont has the higher population (1,103 vs 734 in Palmer). Coalmont has the higher median household income ($58,362 vs $41,250 in Palmer). Coalmont has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $86,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Coalmont	Palmer
Population	1,103	734
Median age	41.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,362	$41,250
Median home value	$138,400	$86,500
Median gross rent	$575	$573
Housing units	385	291
Homeownership rate	87.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalmont	Palmer
Population	940 → 1,103 (+17.3%)	696 → 734 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$41,944 → $58,362 (+39.1%)	$27,578 → $41,250 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $138,400 (+57.6%)	$82,000 → $86,500 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)	$616 → $573 (-7.0%)

Coalmont

Population

9401,103

Median household income

$41,944$58,362

Median home value

$87,800$138,400

Median gross rent

$620$575

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)

	Coalmont	Palmer
Under 5	3.6%	12.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	18.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.6%
75 and over	11.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalmont	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	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	1.2%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalmont	Palmer
No high school diploma	15.8%	28.7%
High school graduate	51.4%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalmont	Palmer
Drove alone	87.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalmont	Palmer
1-unit, detached	70.1%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Coalmont	Palmer
Poverty rate	20.9%	23.6%
Average household size	3.03	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	35	39
Median year structure built	1981	1984