Essary Springs vs Pocahontas

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

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

Pocahontas has the higher population (249 vs 80 in Essary Springs). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($107,900 vs $62,200 in Essary Springs). Since 2019, Essary Springs's population has grown faster (+116.2% vs -14.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Essary Springs	Pocahontas
Population	80	249
Median age	58.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,864	—
Median home value	$62,200	$107,900
Housing units	48	82
Homeownership rate	54.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essary Springs	Pocahontas
Population	37 → 80 (+116.2%)	291 → 249 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$35,938 → $38,864 (+8.1%)	$140,511 → $145,099 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $62,200 (-6.3%)	$95,300 → $107,900 (+13.2%)

Essary Springs

Population

3780

Median household income

$35,938$38,864

Median home value

$66,400$62,200

Pocahontas

Population

291249

Median household income

$140,511$145,099

Median home value

$95,300$107,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essary Springs	Pocahontas
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	38.6%
18 to 24	16.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	24.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	2.8%
55 to 64	62.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	22.5%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essary Springs	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	17.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	73.1%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essary Springs	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	44.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	75.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	4.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essary Springs	Pocahontas
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essary Springs	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	52.1%	53.7%
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%	46.3%

Poverty & households

	Essary Springs	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	41.3%	2.8%
Average household size	1.67	3.04
Median year structure built	1997	2006