Palmer vs Tracy City

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

Palmer 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 734 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $38,250 in Tracy City). Tracy City has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $86,500 in Palmer).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer	Tracy City
Population	734	1,924
Median age	44.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$38,250
Median home value	$86,500	$116,000
Median gross rent	$573	$393
Housing units	291	764
Homeownership rate	85.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer	Tracy City
Population	696 → 734 (+5.5%)	1,561 → 1,924 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$27,578 → $41,250 (+49.6%)	$43,194 → $38,250 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $86,500 (+5.5%)	$103,600 → $116,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $573 (-7.0%)	$604 → $393 (-34.9%)

Palmer

Population

696734

Median household income

$27,578$41,250

Median home value

$82,000$86,500

Median gross rent

$616$573

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)

	Palmer	Tracy City
Under 5	12.9%	9.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	18.1%	7.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.4%
75 and over	6.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer	Tracy City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer	Tracy City
No high school diploma	28.7%	25.5%
High school graduate	50.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer	Tracy City
Drove alone	79.9%	80.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.8%
Other means	8.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer	Tracy City
1-unit, detached	71.5%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Palmer	Tracy City
Poverty rate	23.6%	19.8%
Average household size	2.95	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	39	45
Median year structure built	1984	1977