Beech Bluff vs Medon

A side-by-side comparison of Beech Bluff and Medon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beech Bluff has the higher population (511 vs 243 in Medon). Beech Bluff has the higher median household income ($92,708 vs $57,375 in Medon). Beech Bluff has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $116,900 in Medon).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bluff	Medon
Population	511	243
Median age	62.6 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,708	$57,375
Median home value	$139,600	$116,900
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	184	114
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bluff	Medon
Population	307 → 511 (+66.4%)	279 → 243 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $92,708 (+8.4%)	$38,750 → $57,375 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$176,700 → $139,600 (-21.0%)	$100,800 → $116,900 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$438 → $850 (+94.1%)

Beech Bluff

Population

307511

Median household income

$85,560$92,708

Median home value

$176,700$139,600

Medon

Population

279243

Median household income

$38,750$57,375

Median home value

$100,800$116,900

Median gross rent

$438$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bluff	Medon
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	2.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	2.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	7.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	23.1%	13.6%
75 and over	16.2%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bluff	Medon
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	90.9%
Black or African American	20.4%	5.8%
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	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bluff	Medon
No high school diploma	16.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	58.0%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bluff	Medon
Drove alone	93.1%	70.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	29.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bluff	Medon
1-unit, detached	90.2%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bluff	Medon
Poverty rate	3.1%	1.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1990	1988