Bluff City vs Colonial Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Bluff City and Colonial Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluff City and Colonial Heights are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colonial Heights has the higher population (2,783 vs 2,268 in Bluff City). Colonial Heights has the higher median household income ($76,440 vs $59,783 in Bluff City). Colonial Heights has the higher median home value ($193,200 vs $147,400 in Bluff City).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff City	Colonial Heights
Population	2,268	2,783
Median age	34.3 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,783	$76,440
Median home value	$147,400	$193,200
Median gross rent	$889	$1,035
Housing units	990	1,434
Homeownership rate	58.2%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff City	Colonial Heights
Population	2,062 → 2,268 (+10.0%)	3,177 → 2,783 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$43,036 → $59,783 (+38.9%)	$57,962 → $76,440 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $147,400 (+35.2%)	$145,400 → $193,200 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $889 (+15.3%)	$945 → $1,035 (+9.5%)

Bluff City

Population

2,0622,268

Median household income

$43,036$59,783

Median home value

$109,000$147,400

Median gross rent

$771$889

Colonial Heights

Population

3,1772,783

Median household income

$57,962$76,440

Median home value

$145,400$193,200

Median gross rent

$945$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff City	Colonial Heights
Under 5	9.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	8.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	19.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	20.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	19.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	17.1%
75 and over	4.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff City	Colonial Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff City	Colonial Heights
No high school diploma	9.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff City	Colonial Heights
Drove alone	76.9%	79.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff City	Colonial Heights
1-unit, detached	53.7%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Bluff City	Colonial Heights
Poverty rate	19.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1988	1972