Essary Springs vs Hickory Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Essary Springs and Hickory Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Essary Springs and Hickory Valley are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hickory Valley has the higher population (134 vs 80 in Essary Springs). Essary Springs has the higher median household income ($38,864 vs $31,000 in Hickory Valley). Hickory Valley has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $62,200 in Essary Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Essary Springs	Hickory Valley
Population	80	134
Median age	58.2 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,864	$31,000
Median home value	$62,200	$105,400
Median gross rent	—	$628
Housing units	48	90
Homeownership rate	54.2%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	22.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essary Springs	Hickory Valley
Population	37 → 80 (+116.2%)	90 → 134 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$35,938 → $38,864 (+8.1%)	$47,875 → $31,000 (-35.2%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $62,200 (-6.3%)	$80,800 → $105,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$813 → $628 (-22.8%)

Essary Springs

Population

3780

Median household income

$35,938$38,864

Median home value

$66,400$62,200

Hickory Valley

Population

90134

Median household income

$47,875$31,000

Median home value

$80,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$813$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essary Springs	Hickory Valley
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.2%
18 to 24	16.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	3.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	35.8%
55 to 64	62.5%	23.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.5%
75 and over	0.0%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essary Springs	Hickory Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essary Springs	Hickory Valley
No high school diploma	44.8%	14.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essary Springs	Hickory Valley
Drove alone	100.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essary Springs	Hickory Valley
1-unit, detached	52.1%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.9%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Essary Springs	Hickory Valley
Poverty rate	41.3%	26.1%
Average household size	1.67	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1997	1953