Coalmont vs Pelham

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

Coalmont and Pelham 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 429 in Pelham). Pelham has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $58,362 in Coalmont). Pelham has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $138,400 in Coalmont).

Population, income & housing

	Coalmont	Pelham
Population	1,103	429
Median age	41.7 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,362	$66,667
Median home value	$138,400	$157,100
Median gross rent	$575	—
Housing units	385	163
Homeownership rate	87.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalmont	Pelham
Population	940 → 1,103 (+17.3%)	408 → 429 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$41,944 → $58,362 (+39.1%)	$53,676 → $66,667 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $138,400 (+57.6%)	$102,300 → $157,100 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $575 (-7.3%)	—

Coalmont

Population

9401,103

Median household income

$41,944$58,362

Median home value

$87,800$138,400

Median gross rent

$620$575

Pelham

Population

408429

Median household income

$53,676$66,667

Median home value

$102,300$157,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalmont	Pelham
Under 5	3.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.0%	28.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	14.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	6.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	4.2%
75 and over	11.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalmont	Pelham
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	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	1.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalmont	Pelham
No high school diploma	15.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	51.4%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalmont	Pelham
Drove alone	87.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalmont	Pelham
1-unit, detached	70.1%	74.8%
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%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Coalmont	Pelham
Poverty rate	20.9%	3.3%
Average household size	3.03	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1981	1978