Buchanan vs Paris

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Paris: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paris has the higher population (10,313 vs 118 in Buchanan). Buchanan has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $142,700 in Paris). Since 2019, Buchanan's population has grown faster (+100.0% vs +2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Paris
Population	118	10,313
Median age	21.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$39,365
Median home value	$213,100	$142,700
Median gross rent	—	$763
Housing units	39	4,888
Homeownership rate	79.5%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Paris
Population	59 → 118 (+100.0%)	10,043 → 10,313 (+2.7%)
Median household income	—	$30,902 → $39,365 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $213,100 (+55.0%)	$94,700 → $142,700 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$643 → $763 (+18.7%)

Buchanan

Population

59118

Median home value

$137,500$213,100

Paris

Population

10,04310,313

Median household income

$30,902$39,365

Median home value

$94,700$142,700

Median gross rent

$643$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Paris
Under 5	13.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	18.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	38.1%	9.9%
75 and over	0.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	74.0%
Black or African American	11.9%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Paris
No high school diploma	18.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	63.6%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Paris
Drove alone	25.0%	79.9%
Carpooled	75.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Paris
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Paris
Poverty rate	0.0%	24.8%
Average household size	3.03	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1993	1969