Essary Springs vs Hornsby

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

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

Hornsby has the higher population (260 vs 80 in Essary Springs). Hornsby has the higher median household income ($46,696 vs $38,864 in Essary Springs). Hornsby has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $62,200 in Essary Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Essary Springs	Hornsby
Population	80	260
Median age	58.2 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,864	$46,696
Median home value	$62,200	$103,100
Housing units	48	122
Homeownership rate	54.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essary Springs	Hornsby
Population	37 → 80 (+116.2%)	311 → 260 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$35,938 → $38,864 (+8.1%)	$34,844 → $46,696 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $62,200 (-6.3%)	$81,100 → $103,100 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $767 (+0.5%)

Essary Springs

Population

3780

Median household income

$35,938$38,864

Median home value

$66,400$62,200

Hornsby

Population

311260

Median household income

$34,844$46,696

Median home value

$81,100$103,100

Median gross rent

$763$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essary Springs	Hornsby
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.2%
18 to 24	16.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	62.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.3%
75 and over	0.0%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essary Springs	Hornsby
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essary Springs	Hornsby
No high school diploma	44.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essary Springs	Hornsby
Drove alone	100.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essary Springs	Hornsby
1-unit, detached	52.1%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.9%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Essary Springs	Hornsby
Poverty rate	41.3%	15.7%
Average household size	1.67	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1997	1968