Blanche vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Blanche and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Petersburg has the higher population (579 vs 168 in Blanche). Blanche has the higher median household income ($63,375 vs $58,942 in Petersburg). Since 2019, Petersburg's population has grown faster (-14.9% vs -57.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Blanche	Petersburg
Population	168	579
Median age	58.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,375	$58,942
Median home value	—	$144,600
Median gross rent	—	$648
Housing units	71	241
Homeownership rate	64.8%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanche	Petersburg
Population	396 → 168 (-57.6%)	680 → 579 (-14.9%)
Median household income	$69,740 → $63,375 (-9.1%)	$43,984 → $58,942 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $134,900 (-7.8%)	$56,100 → $144,600 (+157.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$606 → $648 (+6.9%)

Blanche

Population

396168

Median household income

$69,740$63,375

Median home value

$146,300$134,900

Petersburg

Population

680579

Median household income

$43,984$58,942

Median home value

$56,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$606$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanche	Petersburg
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	16.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	4.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	36.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.9%
75 and over	14.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanche	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
Asian	27.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanche	Petersburg
No high school diploma	21.6%	18.8%
High school graduate	52.0%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanche	Petersburg
Drove alone	100.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanche	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	83.1%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Blanche	Petersburg
Poverty rate	21.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1985	1965