Jefferson City vs New Market

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

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

Jefferson City has the higher population (8,472 vs 1,789 in New Market). New Market has the higher median household income ($70,913 vs $53,819 in Jefferson City). Jefferson City has the higher median home value ($205,000 vs $166,400 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson City	New Market
Population	8,472	1,789
Median age	31.4 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,819	$70,913
Median home value	$205,000	$166,400
Median gross rent	$832	$946
Housing units	3,543	650
Homeownership rate	41.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson City	New Market
Population	8,237 → 8,472 (+2.9%)	1,468 → 1,789 (+21.9%)
Median household income	$38,693 → $53,819 (+39.1%)	$56,711 → $70,913 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $205,000 (+60.9%)	$121,600 → $166,400 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $832 (+26.6%)	$771 → $946 (+22.7%)

Jefferson City

Population

8,2378,472

Median household income

$38,693$53,819

Median home value

$127,400$205,000

Median gross rent

$657$832

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)

	Jefferson City	New Market
Under 5	2.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	19.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.8%
75 and over	7.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson City	New Market
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	88.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson City	New Market
No high school diploma	13.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson City	New Market
Drove alone	90.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.8%
Walked	3.9%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jefferson City	New Market
1-unit, detached	53.3%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Jefferson City	New Market
Poverty rate	21.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1978	1975