Karns vs Powell

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

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

Powell has the higher population (13,544 vs 3,835 in Karns). Karns has the higher median household income ($101,161 vs $85,281 in Powell). Karns has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $264,500 in Powell).

Population, income & housing

	Karns	Powell
Population	3,835	13,544
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$101,161	$85,281
Median home value	$284,700	$264,500
Median gross rent	$1,793	$1,153
Housing units	1,449	5,362
Homeownership rate	76.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karns	Powell
Population	3,755 → 3,835 (+2.1%)	13,458 → 13,544 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$87,031 → $101,161 (+16.2%)	$70,317 → $85,281 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $284,700 (+30.4%)	$187,500 → $264,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,331 → $1,793 (+34.7%)	$795 → $1,153 (+45.0%)

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

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)

	Karns	Powell
Under 5	6.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.9%
75 and over	8.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karns	Powell
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	88.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karns	Powell
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	24.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karns	Powell
Drove alone	74.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karns	Powell
1-unit, detached	83.9%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.9%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Karns	Powell
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1994	1991