Elgin vs Winfield

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

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

Winfield has the higher population (1,166 vs 194 in Elgin). Winfield has the higher median household income ($40,268 vs $22,656 in Elgin). Since 2019, Winfield's population has grown faster (+12.7% vs -56.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Winfield
Population	194	1,166
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$22,656	$40,268
Median home value	—	$101,000
Median gross rent	$433	$695
Housing units	162	528
Homeownership rate	33.8%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	34.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Winfield
Population	448 → 194 (-56.7%)	1,035 → 1,166 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$21,452 → $22,656 (+5.6%)	$35,804 → $40,268 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $112,500 (+40.6%)	$82,500 → $101,000 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $433 (-24.8%)	$602 → $695 (+15.4%)

Elgin

Population

448194

Median household income

$21,452$22,656

Median home value

$80,000$112,500

Median gross rent

$576$433

Winfield

Population

1,0351,166

Median household income

$35,804$40,268

Median home value

$82,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$602$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Winfield
Under 5	4.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	27.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.3%
75 and over	0.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Winfield
No high school diploma	15.7%	16.0%
High school graduate	36.4%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Winfield
Drove alone	100.0%	91.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Winfield
1-unit, detached	28.4%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	67.3%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Winfield
Poverty rate	34.5%	24.8%
Average household size	1.39	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1993	1992