Elgin vs Oneida

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

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

Oneida has the higher population (3,793 vs 194 in Elgin). Oneida has the higher median household income ($43,506 vs $22,656 in Elgin). Since 2019, Oneida's population has grown faster (+2.5% vs -56.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Oneida
Population	194	3,793
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,656	$43,506
Median home value	—	$164,000
Median gross rent	$433	$806
Housing units	162	1,748
Homeownership rate	33.8%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	34.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Oneida
Population	448 → 194 (-56.7%)	3,700 → 3,793 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$21,452 → $22,656 (+5.6%)	$24,136 → $43,506 (+80.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $112,500 (+40.6%)	$110,200 → $164,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $433 (-24.8%)	$470 → $806 (+71.5%)

Elgin

Population

448194

Median household income

$21,452$22,656

Median home value

$80,000$112,500

Median gross rent

$576$433

Oneida

Population

3,7003,793

Median household income

$24,136$43,506

Median home value

$110,200$164,000

Median gross rent

$470$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Oneida
Under 5	4.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	23.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	27.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	22.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.6%
75 and over	0.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Oneida
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Oneida
No high school diploma	15.7%	16.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Oneida
Drove alone	100.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Oneida
1-unit, detached	28.4%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	67.3%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Oneida
Poverty rate	34.5%	25.1%
Average household size	1.39	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1993	1976