Beech Bluff vs Mercer

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

Beech Bluff and Mercer 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 61 in Mercer). Beech Bluff has the higher median home value ($139,600 vs $9,999 in Mercer). Since 2019, Beech Bluff's population has grown faster (+66.4% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bluff	Mercer
Population	511	61
Median age	62.6 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,708	—
Median home value	$139,600	$9,999
Housing units	184	78
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bluff	Mercer
Population	307 → 511 (+66.4%)	80 → 61 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $92,708 (+8.4%)	$32,841 → $32,054 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$176,700 → $139,600 (-21.0%)	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)

Beech Bluff

Population

307511

Median household income

$85,560$92,708

Median home value

$176,700$139,600

Mercer

Population

8061

Median household income

$32,841$32,054

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bluff	Mercer
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	37.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	47.5%
65 to 74	23.1%	14.8%
75 and over	16.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bluff	Mercer
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	20.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bluff	Mercer
No high school diploma	16.5%	47.5%
High school graduate	58.0%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bluff	Mercer
Drove alone	93.1%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bluff	Mercer
1-unit, detached	90.2%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	48.7%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bluff	Mercer
Poverty rate	3.1%	14.8%
Average household size	2.76	1.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1990	1978