Farragut vs Powell

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

Farragut and Powell 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 13,544 in Powell). Farragut has the higher median household income ($142,402 vs $85,281 in Powell). Farragut has the higher median home value ($513,100 vs $264,500 in Powell).

Population, income & housing

	Farragut	Powell
Population	24,309	13,544
Median age	45.7 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$142,402	$85,281
Median home value	$513,100	$264,500
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,153
Housing units	9,104	5,362
Homeownership rate	85.3%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farragut	Powell
Population	22,631 → 24,309 (+7.4%)	13,458 → 13,544 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$108,511 → $142,402 (+31.2%)	$70,317 → $85,281 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$370,400 → $513,100 (+38.5%)	$187,500 → $264,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,691 (+51.0%)	$795 → $1,153 (+45.0%)

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

Powell

Population

13,45813,544

Median household income

$70,317$85,281

Median home value

$187,500$264,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farragut	Powell
Under 5	3.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.4%
25 to 34	6.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.9%
75 and over	8.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farragut	Powell
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farragut	Powell
No high school diploma	1.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	10.6%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farragut	Powell
Drove alone	73.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	11.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farragut	Powell
1-unit, detached	88.3%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Farragut	Powell
Poverty rate	2.9%	6.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1992	1991