Rives vs Samburg

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

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

Rives has the higher population (248 vs 190 in Samburg). Rives has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $41,250 in Samburg). Samburg has the higher median home value ($188,800 vs $89,400 in Rives).

Population, income & housing

	Rives	Samburg
Population	248	190
Median age	29.2 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$41,250
Median home value	$89,400	$188,800
Median gross rent	$890	$597
Housing units	123	155
Homeownership rate	71.3%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rives	Samburg
Population	356 → 248 (-30.3%)	296 → 190 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$32,361 → $57,500 (+77.7%)	$54,375 → $41,250 (-24.1%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $89,400 (+44.2%)	$155,200 → $188,800 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $890 (+29.4%)	$685 → $597 (-12.8%)

Rives

Population

356248

Median household income

$32,361$57,500

Median home value

$62,000$89,400

Median gross rent

$688$890

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)

	Rives	Samburg
Under 5	8.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	22.2%	11.1%
18 to 24	15.7%	11.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	3.2%
35 to 44	18.1%	8.4%
45 to 54	7.3%	6.8%
55 to 64	4.4%	35.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	13.2%
75 and over	4.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rives	Samburg
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	96.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	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	8.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rives	Samburg
No high school diploma	11.4%	24.3%
High school graduate	42.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rives	Samburg
Drove alone	86.7%	91.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.2%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rives	Samburg
1-unit, detached	75.6%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.4%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Rives	Samburg
Poverty rate	24.7%	24.2%
Average household size	3.10	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	17	37
Median year structure built	1971	1983