Bulls Gap vs Surgoinsville

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

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

Surgoinsville has the higher population (2,246 vs 910 in Bulls Gap). Bulls Gap has the higher median household income ($50,066 vs $47,500 in Surgoinsville). Surgoinsville has the higher median home value ($170,000 vs $148,200 in Bulls Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Bulls Gap	Surgoinsville
Population	910	2,246
Median age	48.1 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,066	$47,500
Median home value	$148,200	$170,000
Median gross rent	$750	$1,013
Housing units	438	910
Homeownership rate	66.7%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bulls Gap	Surgoinsville
Population	856 → 910 (+6.3%)	2,223 → 2,246 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$42,143 → $50,066 (+18.8%)	$43,846 → $47,500 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $148,200 (+50.5%)	$127,000 → $170,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $750 (+30.4%)	$750 → $1,013 (+35.1%)

Bulls Gap

Population

856910

Median household income

$42,143$50,066

Median home value

$98,500$148,200

Median gross rent

$575$750

Surgoinsville

Population

2,2232,246

Median household income

$43,846$47,500

Median home value

$127,000$170,000

Median gross rent

$750$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bulls Gap	Surgoinsville
Under 5	2.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	18.0%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.2%
75 and over	9.2%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bulls Gap	Surgoinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bulls Gap	Surgoinsville
No high school diploma	14.0%	12.0%
High school graduate	51.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bulls Gap	Surgoinsville
Drove alone	90.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bulls Gap	Surgoinsville
1-unit, detached	69.2%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Bulls Gap	Surgoinsville
Poverty rate	19.1%	25.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1965	1978