Paris vs Puryear

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

Paris and Puryear 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 761 in Puryear). Puryear has the higher median household income ($54,083 vs $39,365 in Paris). Paris has the higher median home value ($142,700 vs $106,900 in Puryear).

Population, income & housing

	Paris	Puryear
Population	10,313	761
Median age	39.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,365	$54,083
Median home value	$142,700	$106,900
Median gross rent	$763	$742
Housing units	4,888	352
Homeownership rate	58.3%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paris	Puryear
Population	10,043 → 10,313 (+2.7%)	677 → 761 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$30,902 → $39,365 (+27.4%)	$37,563 → $54,083 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $142,700 (+50.7%)	$82,200 → $106,900 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $763 (+18.7%)	$519 → $742 (+43.0%)

Paris

Population

10,04310,313

Median household income

$30,902$39,365

Median home value

$94,700$142,700

Median gross rent

$643$763

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)

	Paris	Puryear
Under 5	4.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	19.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.4%
75 and over	11.8%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paris	Puryear
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	18.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paris	Puryear
No high school diploma	13.2%	14.7%
High school graduate	44.6%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paris	Puryear
Drove alone	79.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	16.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.0%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paris	Puryear
1-unit, detached	64.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Paris	Puryear
Poverty rate	24.8%	18.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1969	1971