Farragut vs Karns

A side-by-side comparison of Farragut and Karns: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farragut has the higher population (24,309 vs 3,835 in Karns). Farragut has the higher median household income ($142,402 vs $101,161 in Karns). Farragut has the higher median home value ($513,100 vs $284,700 in Karns).

Population, income & housing

	Farragut	Karns
Population	24,309	3,835
Median age	45.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$142,402	$101,161
Median home value	$513,100	$284,700
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,793
Housing units	9,104	1,449
Homeownership rate	85.3%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farragut	Karns
Population	22,631 → 24,309 (+7.4%)	3,755 → 3,835 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$108,511 → $142,402 (+31.2%)	$87,031 → $101,161 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$370,400 → $513,100 (+38.5%)	$218,400 → $284,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,691 (+51.0%)	$1,331 → $1,793 (+34.7%)

Farragut

Population

22,63124,309

Median household income

$108,511$142,402

Median home value

$370,400$513,100

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,691

Karns

Population

3,7553,835

Median household income

$87,031$101,161

Median home value

$218,400$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farragut	Karns
Under 5	3.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.6%
75 and over	8.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farragut	Karns
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farragut	Karns
No high school diploma	1.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	10.6%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farragut	Karns
Drove alone	73.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	18.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farragut	Karns
1-unit, detached	88.3%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Farragut	Karns
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1992	1994