Elgin vs Huntsville

A side-by-side comparison of Elgin and Huntsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntsville has the higher population (1,632 vs 194 in Elgin). Huntsville has the higher median household income ($27,266 vs $22,656 in Elgin). Since 2019, Huntsville's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs -56.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Huntsville
Population	194	1,632
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$22,656	$27,266
Median gross rent	$433	$625
Housing units	162	850
Homeownership rate	33.8%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	34.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Huntsville
Population	448 → 194 (-56.7%)	1,494 → 1,632 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$21,452 → $22,656 (+5.6%)	$22,669 → $27,266 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $112,500 (+40.6%)	$120,700 → $109,700 (-9.1%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $433 (-24.8%)	$427 → $625 (+46.4%)

Elgin

Population

448194

Median household income

$21,452$22,656

Median home value

$80,000$112,500

Median gross rent

$576$433

Huntsville

Population

1,4941,632

Median household income

$22,669$27,266

Median home value

$120,700$109,700

Median gross rent

$427$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Huntsville
Under 5	4.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	23.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	27.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	22.7%	24.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	6.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Huntsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Huntsville
No high school diploma	15.7%	21.3%
High school graduate	36.4%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Huntsville
Drove alone	100.0%	79.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Huntsville
1-unit, detached	28.4%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	67.3%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Huntsville
Poverty rate	34.5%	42.3%
Average household size	1.39	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1993	1982