Mercer vs Three Way

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

Mercer 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 61 in Mercer). Three Way has the higher median home value ($231,200 vs $9,999 in Mercer). Since 2019, Three Way's population has grown faster (+17.2% vs -23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Mercer	Three Way
Population	61	1,965
Median age	60.3 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$91,845
Median home value	$9,999	$231,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,650
Housing units	78	870
Homeownership rate	100.0%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercer	Three Way
Population	80 → 61 (-23.8%)	1,676 → 1,965 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$32,841 → $32,054 (-2.4%)	$72,750 → $91,845 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$159,600 → $231,200 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,086 → $1,650 (+51.9%)

Mercer

Population

8061

Median household income

$32,841$32,054

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

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)

	Mercer	Three Way
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	37.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	47.5%	19.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	17.2%
75 and over	0.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercer	Three Way
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	67.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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+

	Mercer	Three Way
No high school diploma	47.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	32.8%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercer	Three Way
Drove alone	100.0%	90.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Mercer	Three Way
1-unit, detached	51.3%	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	48.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mercer	Three Way
Poverty rate	14.8%	5.8%
Average household size	1.22	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1978	1997