Calhoun vs Etowah

A side-by-side comparison of Calhoun and Etowah: population, income, housing, and more.

Calhoun and Etowah are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Etowah has the higher population (3,621 vs 504 in Calhoun). Calhoun has the higher median household income ($44,519 vs $43,614 in Etowah). Etowah has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $132,200 in Calhoun).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun	Etowah
Population	504	3,621
Median age	46.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,519	$43,614
Median home value	$132,200	$165,900
Median gross rent	$717	$817
Housing units	238	1,871
Homeownership rate	69.8%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	18.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun	Etowah
Population	586 → 504 (-14.0%)	3,468 → 3,621 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $44,519 (+11.3%)	$36,667 → $43,614 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $132,200 (+39.2%)	$98,600 → $165,900 (+68.3%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $717 (-15.0%)	$572 → $817 (+42.8%)

Calhoun

Population

586504

Median household income

$40,000$44,519

Median home value

$95,000$132,200

Median gross rent

$844$717

Etowah

Population

3,4683,621

Median household income

$36,667$43,614

Median home value

$98,600$165,900

Median gross rent

$572$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun	Etowah
Under 5	5.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	8.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	17.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.1%
75 and over	10.5%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun	Etowah
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	73.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	6.2%
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	7.3%	13.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun	Etowah
No high school diploma	17.7%	16.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun	Etowah
Drove alone	78.9%	89.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun	Etowah
1-unit, detached	85.3%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun	Etowah
Poverty rate	19.2%	15.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1956	1971