Buchanan vs Puryear

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

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

Puryear has the higher population (761 vs 118 in Buchanan). Buchanan has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $106,900 in Puryear). Since 2019, Buchanan's population has grown faster (+100.0% vs +12.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Puryear
Population	118	761
Median age	21.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,083
Median home value	$213,100	$106,900
Median gross rent	—	$742
Housing units	39	352
Homeownership rate	79.5%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Puryear
Population	59 → 118 (+100.0%)	677 → 761 (+12.4%)
Median household income	—	$37,563 → $54,083 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $213,100 (+55.0%)	$82,200 → $106,900 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$519 → $742 (+43.0%)

Buchanan

Population

59118

Median home value

$137,500$213,100

Puryear

Population

677761

Median household income

$37,563$54,083

Median home value

$82,200$106,900

Median gross rent

$519$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Puryear
Under 5	13.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	18.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	38.1%	8.4%
75 and over	0.0%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Puryear
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	86.7%
Black or African American	11.9%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Puryear
No high school diploma	18.2%	14.7%
High school graduate	63.6%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Puryear
Drove alone	25.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	75.0%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Puryear
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Puryear
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.5%
Average household size	3.03	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1993	1971