Niota vs Riceville

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

Niota 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 735 in Niota). Niota has the higher median household income ($46,188 vs $44,440 in Riceville). Riceville has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $112,500 in Niota).

Population, income & housing

	Niota	Riceville
Population	735	776
Median age	46.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,188	$44,440
Median home value	$112,500	$198,400
Median gross rent	$889	$731
Housing units	349	345
Homeownership rate	72.3%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Niota	Riceville
Population	981 → 735 (-25.1%)	1,107 → 776 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$34,881 → $46,188 (+32.4%)	$55,861 → $44,440 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $112,500 (+33.6%)	$127,700 → $198,400 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $889 (+36.8%)	$799 → $731 (-8.5%)

Niota

Population

981735

Median household income

$34,881$46,188

Median home value

$84,200$112,500

Median gross rent

$650$889

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)

	Niota	Riceville
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	1.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	4.6%
75 and over	10.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Niota	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	87.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.3%
Asian	6.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Niota	Riceville
No high school diploma	19.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	47.7%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Niota	Riceville
Drove alone	77.7%	81.1%
Carpooled	17.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Niota	Riceville
1-unit, detached	77.9%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	49.9%

Poverty & households

	Niota	Riceville
Poverty rate	10.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1960	1994