Smyrna vs Walterhill

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

Smyrna and Walterhill 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 119 in Walterhill). Walterhill has the higher median household income ($93,188 vs $78,409 in Smyrna). Smyrna has the higher median home value ($326,700 vs $234,100 in Walterhill).

Population, income & housing

	Smyrna	Walterhill
Population	55,066	119
Median age	33.9 yrs	63.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,409	$93,188
Median home value	$326,700	$234,100
Median gross rent	$1,366	—
Housing units	20,763	65
Homeownership rate	56.4%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	45.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smyrna	Walterhill
Population	49,552 → 55,066 (+11.1%)	261 → 119 (-54.4%)
Median household income	$62,635 → $78,409 (+25.2%)	$39,342 → $93,188 (+136.9%)
Median home value	$189,800 → $326,700 (+72.1%)	$233,100 → $234,100 (+0.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,366 (+32.2%)	—

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

Walterhill

Population

261119

Median household income

$39,342$93,188

Median home value

$233,100$234,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smyrna	Walterhill
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	28.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	34.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	37.0%
75 and over	3.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smyrna	Walterhill
White (non-Hispanic)	56.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	16.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smyrna	Walterhill
No high school diploma	10.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	32.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smyrna	Walterhill
Drove alone	77.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smyrna	Walterhill
1-unit, detached	59.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Smyrna	Walterhill
Poverty rate	11.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.75	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	2000	1994