Hornbeak vs Obion

A side-by-side comparison of Hornbeak and Obion: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Obion has the higher population (1,088 vs 498 in Hornbeak). Hornbeak has the higher median household income ($63,669 vs $49,018 in Obion). Obion has the higher median home value ($91,300 vs $81,400 in Hornbeak).

Population, income & housing

	Hornbeak	Obion
Population	498	1,088
Median age	38.6 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,669	$49,018
Median home value	$81,400	$91,300
Median gross rent	$729	$870
Housing units	226	615
Homeownership rate	87.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hornbeak	Obion
Population	426 → 498 (+16.9%)	1,339 → 1,088 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$46,818 → $63,669 (+36.0%)	$38,824 → $49,018 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $81,400 (+11.2%)	$68,500 → $91,300 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $729 (+13.2%)	$666 → $870 (+30.6%)

Hornbeak

Population

426498

Median household income

$46,818$63,669

Median home value

$73,200$81,400

Median gross rent

$644$729

Obion

Population

1,3391,088

Median household income

$38,824$49,018

Median home value

$68,500$91,300

Median gross rent

$666$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hornbeak	Obion
Under 5	2.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	16.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hornbeak	Obion
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	84.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hornbeak	Obion
No high school diploma	7.8%	14.4%
High school graduate	44.9%	53.4%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hornbeak	Obion
Drove alone	78.3%	84.9%
Carpooled	19.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	3.4%
Other means	2.2%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hornbeak	Obion
1-unit, detached	73.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Hornbeak	Obion
Poverty rate	10.8%	26.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1979	1975