Falling Water vs Walden

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

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

Falling Water has the higher population (2,090 vs 1,762 in Walden). Walden has the higher median household income ($135,000 vs $113,160 in Falling Water). Walden has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $398,400 in Falling Water).

Population, income & housing

	Falling Water	Walden
Population	2,090	1,762
Median age	43.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$113,160	$135,000
Median home value	$398,400	$600,900
Median gross rent	$711	$1,514
Housing units	819	750
Homeownership rate	89.9%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falling Water	Walden
Population	1,280 → 2,090 (+63.3%)	1,948 → 1,762 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$71,458 → $113,160 (+58.4%)	$100,750 → $135,000 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$238,400 → $398,400 (+67.1%)	$412,900 → $600,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $711 (-22.5%)	$1,175 → $1,514 (+28.9%)

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

Walden

Population

1,9481,762

Median household income

$100,750$135,000

Median home value

$412,900$600,900

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falling Water	Walden
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.1%	3.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	19.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.5%
75 and over	5.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falling Water	Walden
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	88.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falling Water	Walden
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	15.5%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falling Water	Walden
Drove alone	71.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falling Water	Walden
1-unit, detached	85.8%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falling Water	Walden
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1996	1982