Apison vs Sale Creek

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

Apison and Sale Creek 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 2,775 in Sale Creek). Apison has the higher median household income ($104,741 vs $60,109 in Sale Creek). Apison has the higher median home value ($397,800 vs $300,900 in Sale Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Apison	Sale Creek
Population	4,397	2,775
Median age	45.0 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,741	$60,109
Median home value	$397,800	$300,900
Median gross rent	$830	$1,086
Housing units	1,786	1,040
Homeownership rate	81.1%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apison	Sale Creek
Population	2,723 → 4,397 (+61.5%)	2,781 → 2,775 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$54,671 → $104,741 (+91.6%)	$56,333 → $60,109 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$251,200 → $397,800 (+58.4%)	$154,300 → $300,900 (+95.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $830 (+12.8%)	$805 → $1,086 (+34.9%)

Apison

Population

2,7234,397

Median household income

$54,671$104,741

Median home value

$251,200$397,800

Median gross rent

$736$830

Sale Creek

Population

2,7812,775

Median household income

$56,333$60,109

Median home value

$154,300$300,900

Median gross rent

$805$1,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apison	Sale Creek
Under 5	7.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	3.8%	6.0%
35 to 44	18.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	24.9%	18.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	16.3%
75 and over	3.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apison	Sale Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apison	Sale Creek
No high school diploma	7.3%	15.8%
High school graduate	15.4%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apison	Sale Creek
Drove alone	75.5%	90.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apison	Sale Creek
1-unit, detached	91.7%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Apison	Sale Creek
Poverty rate	14.7%	2.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1997	1992