Grand Junction vs Pocahontas

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Junction and Pocahontas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Junction has the higher population (560 vs 249 in Pocahontas). Grand Junction has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $107,900 in Pocahontas). Since 2019, Grand Junction's population has grown faster (+42.9% vs -14.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Junction	Pocahontas
Population	560	249
Median age	34.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	—
Median home value	$154,000	$107,900
Median gross rent	$839	—
Housing units	217	82
Homeownership rate	65.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Junction	Pocahontas
Population	392 → 560 (+42.9%)	291 → 249 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$45,500 → $74,583 (+63.9%)	$140,511 → $145,099 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $154,000 (+84.4%)	$95,300 → $107,900 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $839 (-10.1%)	—

Grand Junction

Population

392560

Median household income

$45,500$74,583

Median home value

$83,500$154,000

Median gross rent

$933$839

Pocahontas

Population

291249

Median household income

$140,511$145,099

Median home value

$95,300$107,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Junction	Pocahontas
Under 5	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	38.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	24.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	2.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.1%	22.5%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Junction	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	17.7%
Black or African American	66.4%	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	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Junction	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	4.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	75.2%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	4.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Junction	Pocahontas
Drove alone	95.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Junction	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	90.3%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	46.3%

Poverty & households

	Grand Junction	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	12.0%	2.8%
Average household size	2.60	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	59	—
Median year structure built	1955	2006