Beech Bluff vs Three Way

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

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

Three Way has the higher population (1,965 vs 511 in Beech Bluff). Beech Bluff has the higher median household income ($92,708 vs $91,845 in Three Way). Three Way has the higher median home value ($231,200 vs $139,600 in Beech Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Beech Bluff	Three Way
Population	511	1,965
Median age	62.6 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,708	$91,845
Median home value	$139,600	$231,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,650
Housing units	184	870
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beech Bluff	Three Way
Population	307 → 511 (+66.4%)	1,676 → 1,965 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $92,708 (+8.4%)	$72,750 → $91,845 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$176,700 → $139,600 (-21.0%)	$159,600 → $231,200 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,086 → $1,650 (+51.9%)

Beech Bluff

Population

307511

Median household income

$85,560$92,708

Median home value

$176,700$139,600

Three Way

Population

1,6761,965

Median household income

$72,750$91,845

Median home value

$159,600$231,200

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beech Bluff	Three Way
Under 5	5.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	2.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	19.9%
65 to 74	23.1%	17.2%
75 and over	16.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beech Bluff	Three Way
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	67.2%
Black or African American	20.4%	23.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
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%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beech Bluff	Three Way
No high school diploma	16.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	58.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beech Bluff	Three Way
Drove alone	93.1%	90.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beech Bluff	Three Way
1-unit, detached	90.2%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Beech Bluff	Three Way
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1990	1997