Griffith Creek vs Powells Crossroads

A side-by-side comparison of Griffith Creek and Powells Crossroads: population, income, housing, and more.

Griffith Creek and Powells Crossroads are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Powells Crossroads has the higher population (1,454 vs 405 in Griffith Creek). Powells Crossroads has the higher median household income ($65,804 vs $40,179 in Griffith Creek). Powells Crossroads has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $97,700 in Griffith Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Griffith Creek	Powells Crossroads
Population	405	1,454
Median age	58.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$65,804
Median home value	$97,700	$173,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,089
Housing units	127	672
Homeownership rate	86.6%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griffith Creek	Powells Crossroads
Population	459 → 405 (-11.8%)	1,483 → 1,454 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $40,179 (+2.0%)	$59,688 → $65,804 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $97,700 (-2.7%)	$116,300 → $173,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$814 → $1,089 (+33.8%)

Griffith Creek

Population

459405

Median household income

$39,375$40,179

Median home value

$100,400$97,700

Powells Crossroads

Population

1,4831,454

Median household income

$59,688$65,804

Median home value

$116,300$173,000

Median gross rent

$814$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Griffith Creek	Powells Crossroads
Under 5	9.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	14.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.3%
45 to 54	3.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	30.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	19.8%	12.9%
75 and over	8.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griffith Creek	Powells Crossroads
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griffith Creek	Powells Crossroads
No high school diploma	25.7%	16.3%
High school graduate	48.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griffith Creek	Powells Crossroads
Drove alone	0.0%	84.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	100.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griffith Creek	Powells Crossroads
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Griffith Creek	Powells Crossroads
Poverty rate	21.5%	4.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1985	1980