Obion vs Samburg

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

Obion and Samburg 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 190 in Samburg). Obion has the higher median household income ($49,018 vs $41,250 in Samburg). Samburg has the higher median home value ($188,800 vs $91,300 in Obion).

Population, income & housing

	Obion	Samburg
Population	1,088	190
Median age	44.5 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,018	$41,250
Median home value	$91,300	$188,800
Median gross rent	$870	$597
Housing units	615	155
Homeownership rate	53.8%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Obion	Samburg
Population	1,339 → 1,088 (-18.7%)	296 → 190 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$38,824 → $49,018 (+26.3%)	$54,375 → $41,250 (-24.1%)
Median home value	$68,500 → $91,300 (+33.3%)	$155,200 → $188,800 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $870 (+30.6%)	$685 → $597 (-12.8%)

Obion

Population

1,3391,088

Median household income

$38,824$49,018

Median home value

$68,500$91,300

Median gross rent

$666$870

Samburg

Population

296190

Median household income

$54,375$41,250

Median home value

$155,200$188,800

Median gross rent

$685$597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Obion	Samburg
Under 5	3.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	11.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	3.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	6.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	35.3%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.2%
75 and over	8.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Obion	Samburg
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Obion	Samburg
No high school diploma	14.4%	24.3%
High school graduate	53.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Obion	Samburg
Drove alone	84.9%	91.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.2%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Obion	Samburg
1-unit, detached	82.8%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Obion	Samburg
Poverty rate	26.5%	24.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1975	1983