Christiana vs Smyrna

A side-by-side comparison of Christiana and Smyrna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smyrna has the higher population (55,066 vs 4,753 in Christiana). Christiana has the higher median household income ($94,375 vs $78,409 in Smyrna). Christiana has the higher median home value ($350,700 vs $326,700 in Smyrna).

Population, income & housing

	Christiana	Smyrna
Population	4,753	55,066
Median age	41.1 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,375	$78,409
Median home value	$350,700	$326,700
Median gross rent	$1,489	$1,366
Housing units	1,858	20,763
Homeownership rate	93.2%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Christiana	Smyrna
Population	3,580 → 4,753 (+32.8%)	49,552 → 55,066 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$72,623 → $94,375 (+30.0%)	$62,635 → $78,409 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$228,200 → $350,700 (+53.7%)	$189,800 → $326,700 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,203 → $1,489 (+23.8%)	$1,033 → $1,366 (+32.2%)

Christiana

Population

3,5804,753

Median household income

$72,623$94,375

Median home value

$228,200$350,700

Median gross rent

$1,203$1,489

Smyrna

Population

49,55255,066

Median household income

$62,635$78,409

Median home value

$189,800$326,700

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Christiana	Smyrna
Under 5	4.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	24.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	18.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	19.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.3%
75 and over	3.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Christiana	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	56.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Christiana	Smyrna
No high school diploma	8.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Christiana	Smyrna
Drove alone	93.4%	77.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Christiana	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	97.9%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Christiana	Smyrna
Poverty rate	5.8%	11.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	2002	2000