Palmer vs Pelham

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

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

Palmer has the higher population (734 vs 429 in Pelham). Pelham has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $41,250 in Palmer). Pelham has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $86,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer	Pelham
Population	734	429
Median age	44.2 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$66,667
Median home value	$86,500	$157,100
Median gross rent	$573	—
Housing units	291	163
Homeownership rate	85.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer	Pelham
Population	696 → 734 (+5.5%)	408 → 429 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$27,578 → $41,250 (+49.6%)	$53,676 → $66,667 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $86,500 (+5.5%)	$102,300 → $157,100 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $573 (-7.0%)	—

Palmer

Population

696734

Median household income

$27,578$41,250

Median home value

$82,000$86,500

Median gross rent

$616$573

Pelham

Population

408429

Median household income

$53,676$66,667

Median home value

$102,300$157,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palmer	Pelham
Under 5	12.9%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	28.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	14.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	18.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	4.2%
75 and over	6.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer	Pelham
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	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	7.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer	Pelham
No high school diploma	28.7%	14.4%
High school graduate	50.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer	Pelham
Drove alone	79.9%	76.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	8.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer	Pelham
1-unit, detached	71.5%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Palmer	Pelham
Poverty rate	23.6%	3.3%
Average household size	2.95	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	39	25
Median year structure built	1984	1978