Etowah vs Riceville

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

Etowah and Riceville 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 776 in Riceville). Riceville has the higher median household income ($44,440 vs $43,614 in Etowah). Riceville has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $165,900 in Etowah).

Population, income & housing

	Etowah	Riceville
Population	3,621	776
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,614	$44,440
Median home value	$165,900	$198,400
Median gross rent	$817	$731
Housing units	1,871	345
Homeownership rate	63.3%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	18.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etowah	Riceville
Population	3,468 → 3,621 (+4.4%)	1,107 → 776 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $43,614 (+18.9%)	$55,861 → $44,440 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $165,900 (+68.3%)	$127,700 → $198,400 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $817 (+42.8%)	$799 → $731 (-8.5%)

Etowah

Population

3,4683,621

Median household income

$36,667$43,614

Median home value

$98,600$165,900

Median gross rent

$572$817

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)

	Etowah	Riceville
Under 5	10.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	4.6%
75 and over	13.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etowah	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	87.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	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	13.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etowah	Riceville
No high school diploma	16.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	40.7%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etowah	Riceville
Drove alone	89.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etowah	Riceville
1-unit, detached	87.8%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	49.9%

Poverty & households

	Etowah	Riceville
Poverty rate	15.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.34	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1971	1994