Essary Springs vs Silerton

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

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

Essary Springs has the higher population (80 vs 70 in Silerton). Silerton has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $38,864 in Essary Springs). Silerton has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $62,200 in Essary Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Essary Springs	Silerton
Population	80	70
Median age	58.2 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,864	$43,750
Median home value	$62,200	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$692
Housing units	48	40
Homeownership rate	54.2%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essary Springs	Silerton
Population	37 → 80 (+116.2%)	132 → 70 (-47.0%)
Median household income	$35,938 → $38,864 (+8.1%)	$53,320 → $43,750 (-17.9%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $62,200 (-6.3%)	$75,600 → $95,000 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$571 → $692 (+21.2%)

Essary Springs

Population

3780

Median household income

$35,938$38,864

Median home value

$66,400$62,200

Silerton

Population

13270

Median household income

$53,320$43,750

Median home value

$75,600$95,000

Median gross rent

$571$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essary Springs	Silerton
Under 5	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	16.3%	18.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	1.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	62.5%	18.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.1%
75 and over	0.0%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essary Springs	Silerton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essary Springs	Silerton
No high school diploma	44.8%	20.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essary Springs	Silerton
Drove alone	100.0%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essary Springs	Silerton
1-unit, detached	52.1%	90.0%
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%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Essary Springs	Silerton
Poverty rate	41.3%	27.1%
Average household size	1.67	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1997	1970