Jefferson City vs Strawberry Plains

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

Jefferson City and Strawberry Plains 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 2,531 in Strawberry Plains). Strawberry Plains has the higher median household income ($77,855 vs $53,819 in Jefferson City). Jefferson City has the higher median home value ($205,000 vs $180,000 in Strawberry Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson City	Strawberry Plains
Population	8,472	2,531
Median age	31.4 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,819	$77,855
Median home value	$205,000	$180,000
Median gross rent	$832	$676
Housing units	3,543	942
Homeownership rate	41.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson City	Strawberry Plains
Population	8,237 → 8,472 (+2.9%)	1,919 → 2,531 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$38,693 → $53,819 (+39.1%)	$39,538 → $77,855 (+96.9%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $205,000 (+60.9%)	$122,700 → $180,000 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $832 (+26.6%)	$651 → $676 (+3.8%)

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

Strawberry Plains

Population

1,9192,531

Median household income

$39,538$77,855

Median home value

$122,700$180,000

Median gross rent

$651$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jefferson City	Strawberry Plains
Under 5	2.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	19.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	9.5%
75 and over	7.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson City	Strawberry Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson City	Strawberry Plains
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	38.5%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson City	Strawberry Plains
Drove alone	90.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jefferson City	Strawberry Plains
1-unit, detached	53.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	25.9%

Poverty & households

	Jefferson City	Strawberry Plains
Poverty rate	21.1%	2.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1978	1977