Collegedale vs Middle Valley

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

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

Middle Valley has the higher population (11,808 vs 11,185 in Collegedale). Middle Valley has the higher median household income ($93,264 vs $64,905 in Collegedale). Collegedale has the higher median home value ($332,700 vs $277,400 in Middle Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Collegedale	Middle Valley
Population	11,185	11,808
Median age	36.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,905	$93,264
Median home value	$332,700	$277,400
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,255
Housing units	4,555	4,894
Homeownership rate	43.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collegedale	Middle Valley
Population	11,275 → 11,185 (-0.8%)	12,061 → 11,808 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$59,015 → $64,905 (+10.0%)	$68,925 → $93,264 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$229,000 → $332,700 (+45.3%)	$171,500 → $277,400 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,435 (+45.5%)	$877 → $1,255 (+43.1%)

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

Middle Valley

Population

12,06111,808

Median household income

$68,925$93,264

Median home value

$171,500$277,400

Median gross rent

$877$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collegedale	Middle Valley
Under 5	1.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	22.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	18.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.3%
75 and over	8.0%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collegedale	Middle Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	82.5%
Black or African American	11.1%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collegedale	Middle Valley
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	17.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collegedale	Middle Valley
Drove alone	61.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	15.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collegedale	Middle Valley
1-unit, detached	42.0%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	17.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Collegedale	Middle Valley
Poverty rate	9.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	2004	1979