Hornsby vs Whiteville

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

Hornsby 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 260 in Hornsby). Hornsby has the higher median household income ($46,696 vs $43,438 in Whiteville). Hornsby has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $87,000 in Whiteville).

Population, income & housing

	Hornsby	Whiteville
Population	260	4,689
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,696	$43,438
Median home value	$103,100	$87,000
Median gross rent	—	$905
Housing units	122	606
Homeownership rate	86.2%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hornsby	Whiteville
Population	311 → 260 (-16.4%)	4,501 → 4,689 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$34,844 → $46,696 (+34.0%)	$36,094 → $43,438 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $103,100 (+27.1%)	$68,400 → $87,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $767 (+0.5%)	$771 → $905 (+17.4%)

Hornsby

Population

311260

Median household income

$34,844$46,696

Median home value

$81,100$103,100

Median gross rent

$763$767

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)

	Hornsby	Whiteville
Under 5	4.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	24.2%	4.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	23.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	28.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	19.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	4.3%
75 and over	11.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hornsby	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	45.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hornsby	Whiteville
No high school diploma	13.5%	29.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hornsby	Whiteville
Drove alone	83.5%	90.9%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	9.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hornsby	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	90.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	24.3%

Poverty & households

	Hornsby	Whiteville
Poverty rate	15.7%	28.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	41	28
Median year structure built	1968	1975