Coalfield vs Sunbright

A side-by-side comparison of Coalfield and Sunbright: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coalfield has the higher population (2,782 vs 785 in Sunbright). Coalfield has the higher median household income ($88,026 vs $56,058 in Sunbright). Coalfield has the higher median home value ($190,600 vs $130,000 in Sunbright).

Population, income & housing

	Coalfield	Sunbright
Population	2,782	785
Median age	37.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,026	$56,058
Median home value	$190,600	$130,000
Median gross rent	$1,104	$694
Housing units	1,082	275
Homeownership rate	82.7%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalfield	Sunbright
Population	2,580 → 2,782 (+7.8%)	426 → 785 (+84.3%)
Median household income	$47,632 → $88,026 (+84.8%)	$33,897 → $56,058 (+65.4%)
Median home value	$127,100 → $190,600 (+50.0%)	$103,400 → $130,000 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,104 (+36.6%)	$615 → $694 (+12.8%)

Coalfield

Population

2,5802,782

Median household income

$47,632$88,026

Median home value

$127,100$190,600

Median gross rent

$808$1,104

Sunbright

Population

426785

Median household income

$33,897$56,058

Median home value

$103,400$130,000

Median gross rent

$615$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coalfield	Sunbright
Under 5	3.1%	13.8%
5 to 17	26.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	16.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.6%
75 and over	7.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalfield	Sunbright
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalfield	Sunbright
No high school diploma	10.0%	28.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalfield	Sunbright
Drove alone	90.2%	68.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalfield	Sunbright
1-unit, detached	75.0%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Coalfield	Sunbright
Poverty rate	18.4%	25.0%
Average household size	3.10	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1990	1971