Loretto vs Westpoint

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

Loretto and Westpoint 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 240 in Westpoint). Loretto has the higher median household income ($51,771 vs $41,250 in Westpoint). Westpoint has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $133,000 in Loretto).

Population, income & housing

	Loretto	Westpoint
Population	1,757	240
Median age	41.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,771	$41,250
Median home value	$133,000	$143,400
Median gross rent	$684	—
Housing units	757	118
Homeownership rate	83.9%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loretto	Westpoint
Population	1,756 → 1,757 (+0.1%)	151 → 240 (+58.9%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,771 (+17.5%)	$41,750 → $41,250 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $133,000 (+41.5%)	$142,700 → $143,400 (+0.5%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $684 (+7.2%)	—

Loretto

Population

1,7561,757

Median household income

$44,063$51,771

Median home value

$94,000$133,000

Median gross rent

$638$684

Westpoint

Population

151240

Median household income

$41,750$41,250

Median home value

$142,700$143,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loretto	Westpoint
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	17.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.8%	33.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	5.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.4%
75 and over	8.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loretto	Westpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loretto	Westpoint
No high school diploma	13.6%	18.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loretto	Westpoint
Drove alone	83.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loretto	Westpoint
1-unit, detached	83.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Loretto	Westpoint
Poverty rate	13.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1972	1960