Madisonville vs Rarity Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Madisonville and Rarity Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Madisonville has the higher population (5,184 vs 728 in Rarity Bay). Rarity Bay has the higher median household income ($82,143 vs $45,274 in Madisonville). Rarity Bay has the higher median home value ($654,500 vs $202,600 in Madisonville).

Population, income & housing

	Madisonville	Rarity Bay
Population	5,184	728
Median age	41.4 yrs	75.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,274	$82,143
Median home value	$202,600	$654,500
Median gross rent	$663	$1,697
Housing units	2,254	487
Homeownership rate	65.6%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	54.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madisonville	Rarity Bay
Population	4,920 → 5,184 (+5.4%)	641 → 728 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$48,148 → $45,274 (-6.0%)	$105,435 → $82,143 (-22.1%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $202,600 (+49.0%)	$977,800 → $654,500 (-33.1%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $663 (+7.3%)	$1,715 → $1,697 (-1.0%)

Madisonville

Population

4,9205,184

Median household income

$48,148$45,274

Median home value

$136,000$202,600

Median gross rent

$618$663

Rarity Bay

Population

641728

Median household income

$105,435$82,143

Median home value

$977,800$654,500

Median gross rent

$1,715$1,697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madisonville	Rarity Bay
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	31.6%
75 and over	8.9%	51.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madisonville	Rarity Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	97.9%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	8.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madisonville	Rarity Bay
No high school diploma	17.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	38.3%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madisonville	Rarity Bay
Drove alone	84.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madisonville	Rarity Bay
1-unit, detached	59.9%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Madisonville	Rarity Bay
Poverty rate	14.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.31	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1987	2001