Bluff City vs Orebank

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

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

Bluff City has the higher population (2,268 vs 777 in Orebank). Orebank has the higher median household income ($67,207 vs $59,783 in Bluff City). Orebank has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $147,400 in Bluff City).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff City	Orebank
Population	2,268	777
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,783	$67,207
Median home value	$147,400	$171,300
Median gross rent	$889	$829
Housing units	990	396
Homeownership rate	58.2%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff City	Orebank
Population	2,062 → 2,268 (+10.0%)	778 → 777 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$43,036 → $59,783 (+38.9%)	$50,556 → $67,207 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $147,400 (+35.2%)	$90,900 → $171,300 (+88.4%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $889 (+15.3%)	$690 → $829 (+20.1%)

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

Orebank

Population

778777

Median household income

$50,556$67,207

Median home value

$90,900$171,300

Median gross rent

$690$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff City	Orebank
Under 5	9.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	12.7%
25 to 34	19.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	22.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	1.4%
75 and over	4.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff City	Orebank
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	94.0%
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	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff City	Orebank
No high school diploma	9.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	37.3%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff City	Orebank
Drove alone	76.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff City	Orebank
1-unit, detached	53.7%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Bluff City	Orebank
Poverty rate	19.5%	14.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1988	1973