Karns vs Mascot

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

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

Karns has the higher population (3,835 vs 2,904 in Mascot). Karns has the higher median household income ($101,161 vs $53,663 in Mascot). Karns has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $172,700 in Mascot).

Population, income & housing

	Karns	Mascot
Population	3,835	2,904
Median age	39.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,161	$53,663
Median home value	$284,700	$172,700
Median gross rent	$1,793	$688
Housing units	1,449	1,385
Homeownership rate	76.5%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karns	Mascot
Population	3,755 → 3,835 (+2.1%)	2,310 → 2,904 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$87,031 → $101,161 (+16.2%)	$41,667 → $53,663 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $284,700 (+30.4%)	$132,500 → $172,700 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,793 (+34.7%)	$708 → $688 (-2.8%)

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

Mascot

Population

2,3102,904

Median household income

$41,667$53,663

Median home value

$132,500$172,700

Median gross rent

$708$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karns	Mascot
Under 5	6.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	16.2%
75 and over	8.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karns	Mascot
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	81.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karns	Mascot
No high school diploma	6.3%	21.9%
High school graduate	24.8%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karns	Mascot
Drove alone	74.9%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karns	Mascot
1-unit, detached	83.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Karns	Mascot
Poverty rate	4.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1994	1987