Apison vs Lakesite

A side-by-side comparison of Apison and Lakesite: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Apison has the higher population (4,397 vs 2,026 in Lakesite). Apison has the higher median household income ($104,741 vs $92,847 in Lakesite). Apison has the higher median home value ($397,800 vs $299,300 in Lakesite).

Population, income & housing

	Apison	Lakesite
Population	4,397	2,026
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,741	$92,847
Median home value	$397,800	$299,300
Median gross rent	$830	$1,060
Housing units	1,786	877
Homeownership rate	81.1%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apison	Lakesite
Population	2,723 → 4,397 (+61.5%)	2,028 → 2,026 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$54,671 → $104,741 (+91.6%)	$70,114 → $92,847 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$251,200 → $397,800 (+58.4%)	$215,700 → $299,300 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $830 (+12.8%)	$898 → $1,060 (+18.0%)

Apison

Population

2,7234,397

Median household income

$54,671$104,741

Median home value

$251,200$397,800

Median gross rent

$736$830

Lakesite

Population

2,0282,026

Median household income

$70,114$92,847

Median home value

$215,700$299,300

Median gross rent

$898$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apison	Lakesite
Under 5	7.6%	8.8%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	3.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	18.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	24.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.3%
75 and over	3.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apison	Lakesite
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apison	Lakesite
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	15.4%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apison	Lakesite
Drove alone	75.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apison	Lakesite
1-unit, detached	91.7%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Apison	Lakesite
Poverty rate	14.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1997	1989