Tellico Plains vs Vonore

A side-by-side comparison of Tellico Plains and Vonore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vonore has the higher population (1,829 vs 1,124 in Tellico Plains). Vonore has the higher median household income ($59,563 vs $43,859 in Tellico Plains). Vonore has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $168,000 in Tellico Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Tellico Plains	Vonore
Population	1,124	1,829
Median age	35.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,859	$59,563
Median home value	$168,000	$269,200
Median gross rent	$613	$800
Housing units	514	859
Homeownership rate	73.0%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tellico Plains	Vonore
Population	952 → 1,124 (+18.1%)	1,677 → 1,829 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$27,059 → $43,859 (+62.1%)	$46,740 → $59,563 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $168,000 (+79.1%)	$148,300 → $269,200 (+81.5%)
Median gross rent	$389 → $613 (+57.6%)	$713 → $800 (+12.2%)

Tellico Plains

Population

9521,124

Median household income

$27,059$43,859

Median home value

$93,800$168,000

Median gross rent

$389$613

Vonore

Population

1,6771,829

Median household income

$46,740$59,563

Median home value

$148,300$269,200

Median gross rent

$713$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tellico Plains	Vonore
Under 5	6.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	28.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	18.5%
75 and over	5.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tellico Plains	Vonore
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tellico Plains	Vonore
No high school diploma	15.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tellico Plains	Vonore
Drove alone	85.2%	77.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tellico Plains	Vonore
1-unit, detached	60.5%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	10.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Tellico Plains	Vonore
Poverty rate	27.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1982	1991