Falling Water vs Sale Creek

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

Falling Water and Sale Creek are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sale Creek has the higher population (2,775 vs 2,090 in Falling Water). Falling Water has the higher median household income ($113,160 vs $60,109 in Sale Creek). Falling Water has the higher median home value ($398,400 vs $300,900 in Sale Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Falling Water	Sale Creek
Population	2,090	2,775
Median age	43.8 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,160	$60,109
Median home value	$398,400	$300,900
Median gross rent	$711	$1,086
Housing units	819	1,040
Homeownership rate	89.9%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falling Water	Sale Creek
Population	1,280 → 2,090 (+63.3%)	2,781 → 2,775 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$71,458 → $113,160 (+58.4%)	$56,333 → $60,109 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$238,400 → $398,400 (+67.1%)	$154,300 → $300,900 (+95.0%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $711 (-22.5%)	$805 → $1,086 (+34.9%)

Falling Water

Population

1,2802,090

Median household income

$71,458$113,160

Median home value

$238,400$398,400

Median gross rent

$917$711

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)

	Falling Water	Sale Creek
Under 5	5.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	18.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	16.3%
75 and over	5.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falling Water	Sale Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falling Water	Sale Creek
No high school diploma	2.9%	15.8%
High school graduate	15.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falling Water	Sale Creek
Drove alone	71.3%	90.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falling Water	Sale Creek
1-unit, detached	85.8%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Falling Water	Sale Creek
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1996	1992