Calhoun vs Riceville

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

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

Riceville has the higher population (776 vs 504 in Calhoun). Calhoun has the higher median household income ($44,519 vs $44,440 in Riceville). Riceville has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $132,200 in Calhoun).

Population, income & housing

	Calhoun	Riceville
Population	504	776
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,519	$44,440
Median home value	$132,200	$198,400
Median gross rent	$717	$731
Housing units	238	345
Homeownership rate	69.8%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calhoun	Riceville
Population	586 → 504 (-14.0%)	1,107 → 776 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $44,519 (+11.3%)	$55,861 → $44,440 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $132,200 (+39.2%)	$127,700 → $198,400 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $717 (-15.0%)	$799 → $731 (-8.5%)

Calhoun

Population

586504

Median household income

$40,000$44,519

Median home value

$95,000$132,200

Median gross rent

$844$717

Riceville

Population

1,107776

Median household income

$55,861$44,440

Median home value

$127,700$198,400

Median gross rent

$799$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calhoun	Riceville
Under 5	5.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	8.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	15.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	17.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	4.6%
75 and over	10.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calhoun	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	87.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calhoun	Riceville
No high school diploma	17.7%	10.5%
High school graduate	30.9%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calhoun	Riceville
Drove alone	78.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calhoun	Riceville
1-unit, detached	85.3%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	49.9%

Poverty & households

	Calhoun	Riceville
Poverty rate	19.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1956	1994