Mount Carmel vs Surgoinsville

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

Mount Carmel and Surgoinsville 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 2,246 in Surgoinsville). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($71,336 vs $47,500 in Surgoinsville). Mount Carmel has the higher median home value ($179,700 vs $170,000 in Surgoinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carmel	Surgoinsville
Population	5,504	2,246
Median age	41.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,336	$47,500
Median home value	$179,700	$170,000
Median gross rent	$804	$1,013
Housing units	2,115	910
Homeownership rate	88.5%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carmel	Surgoinsville
Population	5,293 → 5,504 (+4.0%)	2,223 → 2,246 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$53,253 → $71,336 (+34.0%)	$43,846 → $47,500 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $179,700 (+18.5%)	$127,000 → $170,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $804 (+17.9%)	$750 → $1,013 (+35.1%)

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

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)

	Mount Carmel	Surgoinsville
Under 5	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	7.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	19.0%	18.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.2%
75 and over	10.3%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carmel	Surgoinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carmel	Surgoinsville
No high school diploma	6.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	42.6%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carmel	Surgoinsville
Drove alone	73.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	7.0%
Other means	3.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carmel	Surgoinsville
1-unit, detached	93.3%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carmel	Surgoinsville
Poverty rate	5.9%	25.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1979	1978