Morristown vs Russellville

A side-by-side comparison of Morristown and Russellville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morristown has the higher population (30,983 vs 719 in Russellville). Russellville has the higher median household income ($47,214 vs $44,811 in Morristown). Morristown has the higher median home value ($155,700 vs $96,000 in Russellville).

Population, income & housing

	Morristown	Russellville
Population	30,983	719
Median age	37.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,811	$47,214
Median home value	$155,700	$96,000
Median gross rent	$855	—
Housing units	13,867	308
Homeownership rate	53.3%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morristown	Russellville
Population	29,782 → 30,983 (+4.0%)	785 → 719 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$32,193 → $44,811 (+39.2%)	$39,109 → $47,214 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $155,700 (+34.3%)	$85,400 → $96,000 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $855 (+17.0%)	—

Morristown

Population

29,78230,983

Median household income

$32,193$44,811

Median home value

$115,900$155,700

Median gross rent

$731$855

Russellville

Population

785719

Median household income

$39,109$47,214

Median home value

$85,400$96,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morristown	Russellville
Under 5	6.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	19.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	22.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	18.5%
75 and over	6.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morristown	Russellville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	84.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morristown	Russellville
No high school diploma	16.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	8.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morristown	Russellville
Drove alone	86.9%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.1%	13.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morristown	Russellville
1-unit, detached	59.7%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Morristown	Russellville
Poverty rate	25.4%	14.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1977	1967