Bulls Gap vs Church Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Bulls Gap and Church Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Bulls Gap and Church Hill are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Church Hill has the higher population (7,057 vs 910 in Bulls Gap). Church Hill has the higher median household income ($69,433 vs $50,066 in Bulls Gap). Church Hill has the higher median home value ($192,600 vs $148,200 in Bulls Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Bulls Gap	Church Hill
Population	910	7,057
Median age	48.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,066	$69,433
Median home value	$148,200	$192,600
Median gross rent	$750	$1,041
Housing units	438	3,338
Homeownership rate	66.7%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulls Gap	Church Hill
Population	856 → 910 (+6.3%)	6,667 → 7,057 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$42,143 → $50,066 (+18.8%)	$46,024 → $69,433 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $148,200 (+50.5%)	$142,600 → $192,600 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $750 (+30.4%)	$593 → $1,041 (+75.5%)

Bulls Gap

Population

856910

Median household income

$42,143$50,066

Median home value

$98,500$148,200

Median gross rent

$575$750

Church Hill

Population

6,6677,057

Median household income

$46,024$69,433

Median home value

$142,600$192,600

Median gross rent

$593$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulls Gap	Church Hill
Under 5	2.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.1%
75 and over	9.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulls Gap	Church Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulls Gap	Church Hill
No high school diploma	14.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	51.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulls Gap	Church Hill
Drove alone	90.4%	89.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulls Gap	Church Hill
1-unit, detached	69.2%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Bulls Gap	Church Hill
Poverty rate	19.1%	6.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1965	1989