Church Hill vs Surgoinsville

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

Church Hill and Surgoinsville 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 2,246 in Surgoinsville). Church Hill has the higher median household income ($69,433 vs $47,500 in Surgoinsville). Church Hill has the higher median home value ($192,600 vs $170,000 in Surgoinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Church Hill	Surgoinsville
Population	7,057	2,246
Median age	46.4 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,433	$47,500
Median home value	$192,600	$170,000
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,013
Housing units	3,338	910
Homeownership rate	87.2%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Church Hill	Surgoinsville
Population	6,667 → 7,057 (+5.8%)	2,223 → 2,246 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$46,024 → $69,433 (+50.9%)	$43,846 → $47,500 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$142,600 → $192,600 (+35.1%)	$127,000 → $170,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,041 (+75.5%)	$750 → $1,013 (+35.1%)

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

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)

	Church Hill	Surgoinsville
Under 5	5.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	18.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	12.2%
75 and over	9.6%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Church Hill	Surgoinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Church Hill	Surgoinsville
No high school diploma	5.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Church Hill	Surgoinsville
Drove alone	89.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	2.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Church Hill	Surgoinsville
1-unit, detached	76.4%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Church Hill	Surgoinsville
Poverty rate	6.8%	25.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1989	1978