Bulls Gap vs Mount Carmel

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

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

Mount Carmel has the higher population (5,504 vs 910 in Bulls Gap). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($71,336 vs $50,066 in Bulls Gap). Mount Carmel has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $148,200 in Bulls Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Bulls Gap	Mount Carmel
Population	910	5,504
Median age	48.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,066	$71,336
Median home value	$148,200	$179,700
Median gross rent	$750	$804
Housing units	438	2,115
Homeownership rate	66.7%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulls Gap	Mount Carmel
Population	856 → 910 (+6.3%)	5,293 → 5,504 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$42,143 → $50,066 (+18.8%)	$53,253 → $71,336 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $148,200 (+50.5%)	$151,600 → $179,700 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $750 (+30.4%)	$682 → $804 (+17.9%)

Bulls Gap

Population

856910

Median household income

$42,143$50,066

Median home value

$98,500$148,200

Median gross rent

$575$750

Mount Carmel

Population

5,2935,504

Median household income

$53,253$71,336

Median home value

$151,600$179,700

Median gross rent

$682$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulls Gap	Mount Carmel
Under 5	2.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	19.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.1%
75 and over	9.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulls Gap	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulls Gap	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	51.9%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulls Gap	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	90.4%	73.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.4%	12.2%
Other means	0.7%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulls Gap	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	69.2%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Bulls Gap	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	19.1%	5.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1965	1979