Collegedale vs Harrison

A side-by-side comparison of Collegedale and Harrison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Collegedale has the higher population (11,185 vs 8,446 in Harrison). Harrison has the higher median household income ($89,753 vs $64,905 in Collegedale). Collegedale has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $254,600 in Harrison).

Population, income & housing

	Collegedale	Harrison
Population	11,185	8,446
Median age	36.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,905	$89,753
Median home value	$332,700	$254,600
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,232
Housing units	4,555	3,562
Homeownership rate	43.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collegedale	Harrison
Population	11,275 → 11,185 (-0.8%)	8,121 → 8,446 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$59,015 → $64,905 (+10.0%)	$63,659 → $89,753 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$229,000 → $332,700 (+45.3%)	$152,000 → $254,600 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,435 (+45.5%)	$785 → $1,232 (+56.9%)

Collegedale

Population

11,27511,185

Median household income

$59,015$64,905

Median home value

$229,000$332,700

Median gross rent

$986$1,435

Harrison

Population

8,1218,446

Median household income

$63,659$89,753

Median home value

$152,000$254,600

Median gross rent

$785$1,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collegedale	Harrison
Under 5	1.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	22.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	18.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.1%
75 and over	8.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collegedale	Harrison
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	72.2%
Black or African American	11.1%	20.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collegedale	Harrison
No high school diploma	9.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	17.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collegedale	Harrison
Drove alone	61.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	11.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collegedale	Harrison
1-unit, detached	42.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.9%
20 or more units	17.1%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Collegedale	Harrison
Poverty rate	9.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.15	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	2004	1979