Grand Junction vs Whiteville

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

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

Whiteville has the higher population (4,689 vs 560 in Grand Junction). Grand Junction has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $43,438 in Whiteville). Grand Junction has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $87,000 in Whiteville).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Junction	Whiteville
Population	560	4,689
Median age	34.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$43,438
Median home value	$154,000	$87,000
Median gross rent	$839	$905
Housing units	217	606
Homeownership rate	65.1%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Junction	Whiteville
Population	392 → 560 (+42.9%)	4,501 → 4,689 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$45,500 → $74,583 (+63.9%)	$36,094 → $43,438 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $154,000 (+84.4%)	$68,400 → $87,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $839 (-10.1%)	$771 → $905 (+17.4%)

Grand Junction

Population

392560

Median household income

$45,500$74,583

Median home value

$83,500$154,000

Median gross rent

$933$839

Whiteville

Population

4,5014,689

Median household income

$36,094$43,438

Median home value

$68,400$87,000

Median gross rent

$771$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Junction	Whiteville
Under 5	4.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	4.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	21.1%	23.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	28.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	19.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	4.3%
75 and over	6.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Junction	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	45.9%
Black or African American	66.4%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Junction	Whiteville
No high school diploma	4.9%	29.0%
High school graduate	40.5%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Junction	Whiteville
Drove alone	95.7%	90.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Junction	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	90.3%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Grand Junction	Whiteville
Poverty rate	12.0%	28.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	59	28
Median year structure built	1955	1975