Lakesite vs Sale Creek

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

Lakesite 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 2,026 in Lakesite). Lakesite has the higher median household income ($92,847 vs $60,109 in Sale Creek). Sale Creek has the higher median home value ($300,900 vs $299,300 in Lakesite).

Population, income & housing

	Lakesite	Sale Creek
Population	2,026	2,775
Median age	40.3 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,847	$60,109
Median home value	$299,300	$300,900
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,086
Housing units	877	1,040
Homeownership rate	82.1%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakesite	Sale Creek
Population	2,028 → 2,026 (-0.1%)	2,781 → 2,775 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$70,114 → $92,847 (+32.4%)	$56,333 → $60,109 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$215,700 → $299,300 (+38.8%)	$154,300 → $300,900 (+95.0%)
Median gross rent	$898 → $1,060 (+18.0%)	$805 → $1,086 (+34.9%)

Lakesite

Population

2,0282,026

Median household income

$70,114$92,847

Median home value

$215,700$299,300

Median gross rent

$898$1,060

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)

	Lakesite	Sale Creek
Under 5	8.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	18.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	16.3%
75 and over	5.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakesite	Sale Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakesite	Sale Creek
No high school diploma	4.1%	15.8%
High school graduate	24.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakesite	Sale Creek
Drove alone	72.8%	90.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	6.3%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakesite	Sale Creek
1-unit, detached	79.8%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Lakesite	Sale Creek
Poverty rate	7.4%	2.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1989	1992