Flat Top Mountain vs Walden

A side-by-side comparison of Flat Top Mountain and Walden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walden has the higher population (1,762 vs 1,052 in Flat Top Mountain). Walden has the higher median household income ($135,000 vs $118,766 in Flat Top Mountain). Walden has the higher median home value ($600,900 vs $538,300 in Flat Top Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Flat Top Mountain	Walden
Population	1,052	1,762
Median age	25.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$118,766	$135,000
Median home value	$538,300	$600,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,514
Housing units	303	750
Homeownership rate	97.8%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flat Top Mountain	Walden
Population	338 → 1,052 (+211.2%)	1,948 → 1,762 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$54,934 → $118,766 (+116.2%)	$100,750 → $135,000 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $538,300 (+182.9%)	$412,900 → $600,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,167 (+40.1%)	$1,175 → $1,514 (+28.9%)

Flat Top Mountain

Population

3381,052

Median household income

$54,934$118,766

Median home value

$190,300$538,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,167

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)

	Flat Top Mountain	Walden
Under 5	1.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	44.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	2.0%	19.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	20.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.5%
75 and over	3.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Walden
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flat Top Mountain	Walden
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	48.0%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Walden
Drove alone	94.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flat Top Mountain	Walden
1-unit, detached	85.5%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flat Top Mountain	Walden
Poverty rate	14.2%	4.4%
Average household size	3.83	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	2003	1982