Dandridge vs New Market

A side-by-side comparison of Dandridge and New Market: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dandridge has the higher population (3,426 vs 1,789 in New Market). New Market has the higher median household income ($70,913 vs $56,367 in Dandridge). Dandridge has the higher median home value ($260,800 vs $166,400 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	Dandridge	New Market
Population	3,426	1,789
Median age	44.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,367	$70,913
Median home value	$260,800	$166,400
Median gross rent	$780	$946
Housing units	1,438	650
Homeownership rate	63.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dandridge	New Market
Population	3,157 → 3,426 (+8.5%)	1,468 → 1,789 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $56,367 (+18.2%)	$56,711 → $70,913 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$159,300 → $260,800 (+63.7%)	$121,600 → $166,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $780 (-6.3%)	$771 → $946 (+22.7%)

Dandridge

Population

3,1573,426

Median household income

$47,679$56,367

Median home value

$159,300$260,800

Median gross rent

$832$780

New Market

Population

1,4681,789

Median household income

$56,711$70,913

Median home value

$121,600$166,400

Median gross rent

$771$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dandridge	New Market
Under 5	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.8%
75 and over	14.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dandridge	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dandridge	New Market
No high school diploma	12.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	30.1%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dandridge	New Market
Drove alone	77.9%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.8%	4.8%
Walked	0.6%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dandridge	New Market
1-unit, detached	65.4%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Dandridge	New Market
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1978	1975