Ducktown vs Farner

A side-by-side comparison of Ducktown and Farner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ducktown has the higher population (470 vs 204 in Farner). Ducktown has the higher median home value ($202,800 vs $103,600 in Farner). Since 2019, Ducktown's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -28.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Ducktown	Farner
Population	470	204
Median age	57.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$24,871
Median home value	$202,800	$103,600
Median gross rent	$527	—
Housing units	297	111
Homeownership rate	52.7%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ducktown	Farner
Population	478 → 470 (-1.7%)	287 → 204 (-28.9%)
Median household income	—	$23,750 → $24,871 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $202,800 (+85.4%)	$66,400 → $103,600 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$545 → $527 (-3.3%)	—

Ducktown

Population

478470

Median home value

$109,400$202,800

Median gross rent

$545$527

Farner

Population

287204

Median household income

$23,750$24,871

Median home value

$66,400$103,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ducktown	Farner
Under 5	6.0%	10.8%
5 to 17	1.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.6%	21.1%
35 to 44	4.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	41.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	24.5%
75 and over	14.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ducktown	Farner
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	97.5%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ducktown	Farner
No high school diploma	14.6%	26.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ducktown	Farner
Drove alone	90.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	10.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ducktown	Farner
1-unit, detached	59.6%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	36.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	23.4%

Poverty & households

	Ducktown	Farner
Poverty rate	32.3%	45.1%
Average household size	1.62	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1980	1960