Harrison vs Signal Mountain

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

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

Signal Mountain has the higher population (8,861 vs 8,446 in Harrison). Signal Mountain has the higher median household income ($139,714 vs $89,753 in Harrison). Signal Mountain has the higher median home value ($482,300 vs $254,600 in Harrison).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison	Signal Mountain
Population	8,446	8,861
Median age	44.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,753	$139,714
Median home value	$254,600	$482,300
Median gross rent	$1,232	$1,843
Housing units	3,562	3,423
Homeownership rate	74.4%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison	Signal Mountain
Population	8,121 → 8,446 (+4.0%)	8,539 → 8,861 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$63,659 → $89,753 (+41.0%)	$109,926 → $139,714 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$152,000 → $254,600 (+67.5%)	$345,900 → $482,300 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $1,232 (+56.9%)	$1,938 → $1,843 (-4.9%)

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

Signal Mountain

Population

8,5398,861

Median household income

$109,926$139,714

Median home value

$345,900$482,300

Median gross rent

$1,938$1,843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison	Signal Mountain
Under 5	7.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	18.4%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.0%
75 and over	9.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison	Signal Mountain
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	20.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison	Signal Mountain
No high school diploma	3.1%	0.7%
High school graduate	19.8%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison	Signal Mountain
Drove alone	77.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	24.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison	Signal Mountain
1-unit, detached	85.5%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Harrison	Signal Mountain
Poverty rate	4.3%	2.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1979	1976