Orme vs Powells Crossroads

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

Orme 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 57 in Orme). Powells Crossroads has the higher median household income ($65,804 vs $33,000 in Orme). Powells Crossroads has the higher median home value ($173,000 vs $64,000 in Orme).

Population, income & housing

	Orme	Powells Crossroads
Population	57	1,454
Median age	61.8 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$33,000	$65,804
Median home value	$64,000	$173,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,089
Housing units	37	672
Homeownership rate	81.3%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orme	Powells Crossroads
Population	73 → 57 (-21.9%)	1,483 → 1,454 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $33,000 (-20.0%)	$59,688 → $65,804 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $64,000 (-13.5%)	$116,300 → $173,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$814 → $1,089 (+33.8%)

Orme

Population

7357

Median household income

$41,250$33,000

Median home value

$74,000$64,000

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)

	Orme	Powells Crossroads
Under 5	1.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	14.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	21.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	29.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	26.3%	12.9%
75 and over	8.8%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orme	Powells Crossroads
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	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	5.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orme	Powells Crossroads
No high school diploma	26.5%	16.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orme	Powells Crossroads
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orme	Powells Crossroads
1-unit, detached	64.9%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	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	27.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Orme	Powells Crossroads
Poverty rate	29.8%	4.7%
Average household size	1.78	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1983	1980