St. Joseph vs Westpoint

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

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

St. Joseph has the higher population (788 vs 240 in Westpoint). St. Joseph has the higher median household income ($46,786 vs $41,250 in Westpoint). Westpoint has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $121,900 in St. Joseph).

Population, income & housing

	St. Joseph	Westpoint
Population	788	240
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,786	$41,250
Median home value	$121,900	$143,400
Median gross rent	$627	—
Housing units	376	118
Homeownership rate	80.4%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Joseph	Westpoint
Population	943 → 788 (-16.4%)	151 → 240 (+58.9%)
Median household income	$36,685 → $46,786 (+27.5%)	$41,750 → $41,250 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$74,200 → $121,900 (+64.3%)	$142,700 → $143,400 (+0.5%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $627 (+12.4%)	—

St. Joseph

Population

943788

Median household income

$36,685$46,786

Median home value

$74,200$121,900

Median gross rent

$558$627

Westpoint

Population

151240

Median household income

$41,750$41,250

Median home value

$142,700$143,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Joseph	Westpoint
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	33.3%
55 to 64	18.0%	5.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	5.4%
75 and over	7.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Joseph	Westpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Joseph	Westpoint
No high school diploma	20.7%	18.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Joseph	Westpoint
Drove alone	80.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Joseph	Westpoint
1-unit, detached	85.9%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	St. Joseph	Westpoint
Poverty rate	13.8%	12.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1968	1960