Loretto vs St. Joseph

A side-by-side comparison of Loretto and St. Joseph: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loretto has the higher population (1,757 vs 788 in St. Joseph). Loretto has the higher median household income ($51,771 vs $46,786 in St. Joseph). Loretto has the higher median home value ($133,000 vs $121,900 in St. Joseph).

Population, income & housing

	Loretto	St. Joseph
Population	1,757	788
Median age	41.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,771	$46,786
Median home value	$133,000	$121,900
Median gross rent	$684	$627
Housing units	757	376
Homeownership rate	83.9%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loretto	St. Joseph
Population	1,756 → 1,757 (+0.1%)	943 → 788 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,771 (+17.5%)	$36,685 → $46,786 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $133,000 (+41.5%)	$74,200 → $121,900 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $684 (+7.2%)	$558 → $627 (+12.4%)

Loretto

Population

1,7561,757

Median household income

$44,063$51,771

Median home value

$94,000$133,000

Median gross rent

$638$684

St. Joseph

Population

943788

Median household income

$36,685$46,786

Median home value

$74,200$121,900

Median gross rent

$558$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loretto	St. Joseph
Under 5	6.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.2%
75 and over	8.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loretto	St. Joseph
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loretto	St. Joseph
No high school diploma	13.6%	20.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loretto	St. Joseph
Drove alone	83.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loretto	St. Joseph
1-unit, detached	83.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Loretto	St. Joseph
Poverty rate	13.0%	13.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1972	1968