Rogersville vs Surgoinsville

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

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

Rogersville has the higher population (4,638 vs 2,246 in Surgoinsville). Surgoinsville has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $46,536 in Rogersville). Rogersville has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $170,000 in Surgoinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Rogersville	Surgoinsville
Population	4,638	2,246
Median age	41.6 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,536	$47,500
Median home value	$183,600	$170,000
Median gross rent	$634	$1,013
Housing units	2,146	910
Homeownership rate	50.6%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rogersville	Surgoinsville
Population	4,437 → 4,638 (+4.5%)	2,223 → 2,246 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$39,191 → $46,536 (+18.7%)	$43,846 → $47,500 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $183,600 (+30.7%)	$127,000 → $170,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $634 (+6.6%)	$750 → $1,013 (+35.1%)

Rogersville

Population

4,4374,638

Median household income

$39,191$46,536

Median home value

$140,500$183,600

Median gross rent

$595$634

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)

	Rogersville	Surgoinsville
Under 5	6.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	18.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.2%
75 and over	11.7%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rogersville	Surgoinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	88.5%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rogersville	Surgoinsville
No high school diploma	16.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rogersville	Surgoinsville
Drove alone	83.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.0%
Other means	1.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rogersville	Surgoinsville
1-unit, detached	69.4%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Rogersville	Surgoinsville
Poverty rate	18.6%	25.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1964	1978