Gruetli-Laager vs Palmer

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

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

Gruetli-Laager has the higher population (1,619 vs 734 in Palmer). Gruetli-Laager has the higher median household income ($50,164 vs $41,250 in Palmer). Gruetli-Laager has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $86,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Gruetli-Laager	Palmer
Population	1,619	734
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,164	$41,250
Median home value	$147,900	$86,500
Median gross rent	$1,029	$573
Housing units	719	291
Homeownership rate	88.6%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gruetli-Laager	Palmer
Population	2,429 → 1,619 (-33.3%)	696 → 734 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$50,304 → $50,164 (-0.3%)	$27,578 → $41,250 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $147,900 (+69.6%)	$82,000 → $86,500 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $1,029 (+63.6%)	$616 → $573 (-7.0%)

Gruetli-Laager

Population

2,4291,619

Median household income

$50,304$50,164

Median home value

$87,200$147,900

Median gross rent

$629$1,029

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)

	Gruetli-Laager	Palmer
Under 5	7.3%	12.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.2%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	18.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.6%
75 and over	9.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gruetli-Laager	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gruetli-Laager	Palmer
No high school diploma	19.0%	28.7%
High school graduate	56.7%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gruetli-Laager	Palmer
Drove alone	77.4%	79.9%
Carpooled	12.8%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gruetli-Laager	Palmer
1-unit, detached	82.9%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Gruetli-Laager	Palmer
Poverty rate	12.0%	23.6%
Average household size	2.93	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	35	39
Median year structure built	1979	1984