Blountville vs Walnut Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Blountville and Walnut Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blountville has the higher population (3,301 vs 2,480 in Walnut Hill). Walnut Hill has the higher median household income ($65,074 vs $64,509 in Blountville). Blountville has the higher median home value ($185,600 vs $172,500 in Walnut Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Blountville	Walnut Hill
Population	3,301	2,480
Median age	45.9 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,509	$65,074
Median home value	$185,600	$172,500
Median gross rent	$914	—
Housing units	1,138	894
Homeownership rate	85.5%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blountville	Walnut Hill
Population	3,102 → 3,301 (+6.4%)	2,481 → 2,480 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$53,774 → $64,509 (+20.0%)	$51,375 → $65,074 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $185,600 (+35.0%)	$131,000 → $172,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $914 (+38.5%)	$480 → $1,279 (+166.5%)

Blountville

Population

3,1023,301

Median household income

$53,774$64,509

Median home value

$137,500$185,600

Median gross rent

$660$914

Walnut Hill

Population

2,4812,480

Median household income

$51,375$65,074

Median home value

$131,000$172,500

Median gross rent

$480$1,279

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blountville	Walnut Hill
Under 5	2.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	8.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	18.1%
75 and over	6.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blountville	Walnut Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	96.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blountville	Walnut Hill
No high school diploma	11.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	39.0%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blountville	Walnut Hill
Drove alone	79.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	12.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	12.7%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blountville	Walnut Hill
1-unit, detached	73.4%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Blountville	Walnut Hill
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.37	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1973	1970