Monteagle vs Tracy City

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

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

Tracy City has the higher population (1,924 vs 1,818 in Monteagle). Monteagle has the higher median household income ($53,005 vs $38,250 in Tracy City). Monteagle has the higher median home value ($299,400 vs $116,000 in Tracy City).

Population, income & housing

	Monteagle	Tracy City
Population	1,818	1,924
Median age	49.0 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,005	$38,250
Median home value	$299,400	$116,000
Median gross rent	$746	$393
Housing units	891	764
Homeownership rate	65.1%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monteagle	Tracy City
Population	1,836 → 1,818 (-1.0%)	1,561 → 1,924 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$46,447 → $53,005 (+14.1%)	$43,194 → $38,250 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$147,200 → $299,400 (+103.4%)	$103,600 → $116,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $746 (+11.8%)	$604 → $393 (-34.9%)

Monteagle

Population

1,8361,818

Median household income

$46,447$53,005

Median home value

$147,200$299,400

Median gross rent

$667$746

Tracy City

Population

1,5611,924

Median household income

$43,194$38,250

Median home value

$103,600$116,000

Median gross rent

$604$393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Monteagle	Tracy City
Under 5	1.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.4%	9.4%
75 and over	14.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monteagle	Tracy City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	94.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monteagle	Tracy City
No high school diploma	18.3%	25.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monteagle	Tracy City
Drove alone	76.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monteagle	Tracy City
1-unit, detached	72.2%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Monteagle	Tracy City
Poverty rate	19.9%	19.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	45
Median year structure built	1991	1977