Cross Plains vs Orlinda

A side-by-side comparison of Cross Plains and Orlinda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cross Plains has the higher population (1,809 vs 1,088 in Orlinda). Orlinda has the higher median household income ($74,886 vs $72,734 in Cross Plains). Orlinda has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $295,000 in Cross Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Orlinda
Population	1,809	1,088
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,734	$74,886
Median home value	$295,000	$298,400
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,415
Housing units	703	461
Homeownership rate	75.7%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Orlinda
Population	1,801 → 1,809 (+0.4%)	959 → 1,088 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$63,107 → $72,734 (+15.3%)	$62,639 → $74,886 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$201,300 → $295,000 (+46.5%)	$170,500 → $298,400 (+75.0%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,073 (+25.1%)	$992 → $1,415 (+42.6%)

Cross Plains

Population

1,8011,809

Median household income

$63,107$72,734

Median home value

$201,300$295,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,073

Orlinda

Population

9591,088

Median household income

$62,639$74,886

Median home value

$170,500$298,400

Median gross rent

$992$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Plains	Orlinda
Under 5	7.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.2%	7.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	21.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.1%
75 and over	4.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Orlinda
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	88.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Plains	Orlinda
No high school diploma	11.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Orlinda
Drove alone	83.6%	87.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Orlinda
1-unit, detached	71.7%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Orlinda
Poverty rate	2.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	37	36
Median year structure built	1992	1992