Etowah vs Niota

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

Etowah and Niota 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 735 in Niota). Niota has the higher median household income ($46,188 vs $43,614 in Etowah). Etowah has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $112,500 in Niota).

Population, income & housing

	Etowah	Niota
Population	3,621	735
Median age	42.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,614	$46,188
Median home value	$165,900	$112,500
Median gross rent	$817	$889
Housing units	1,871	349
Homeownership rate	63.3%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	18.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etowah	Niota
Population	3,468 → 3,621 (+4.4%)	981 → 735 (-25.1%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $43,614 (+18.9%)	$34,881 → $46,188 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $165,900 (+68.3%)	$84,200 → $112,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $817 (+42.8%)	$650 → $889 (+36.8%)

Etowah

Population

3,4683,621

Median household income

$36,667$43,614

Median home value

$98,600$165,900

Median gross rent

$572$817

Niota

Population

981735

Median household income

$34,881$46,188

Median home value

$84,200$112,500

Median gross rent

$650$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Etowah	Niota
Under 5	10.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.9%
75 and over	13.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etowah	Niota
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	70.2%
Black or African American	6.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.1%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etowah	Niota
No high school diploma	16.3%	19.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etowah	Niota
Drove alone	89.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	3.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	1.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etowah	Niota
1-unit, detached	87.8%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Etowah	Niota
Poverty rate	15.5%	10.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1971	1960