Monteagle vs Palmer

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

Monteagle and Palmer 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 734 in Palmer). Monteagle has the higher median household income ($53,005 vs $41,250 in Palmer). Monteagle has the higher median home value ($299,400 vs $86,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Monteagle	Palmer
Population	1,818	734
Median age	49.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,005	$41,250
Median home value	$299,400	$86,500
Median gross rent	$746	$573
Housing units	891	291
Homeownership rate	65.1%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monteagle	Palmer
Population	1,836 → 1,818 (-1.0%)	696 → 734 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$46,447 → $53,005 (+14.1%)	$27,578 → $41,250 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$147,200 → $299,400 (+103.4%)	$82,000 → $86,500 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $746 (+11.8%)	$616 → $573 (-7.0%)

Monteagle

Population

1,8361,818

Median household income

$46,447$53,005

Median home value

$147,200$299,400

Median gross rent

$667$746

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)

	Monteagle	Palmer
Under 5	1.8%	12.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	16.4%	7.6%
75 and over	14.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monteagle	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monteagle	Palmer
No high school diploma	18.3%	28.7%
High school graduate	28.2%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monteagle	Palmer
Drove alone	76.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	8.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monteagle	Palmer
1-unit, detached	72.2%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Monteagle	Palmer
Poverty rate	19.9%	23.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	39
Median year structure built	1991	1984