Colonial Heights vs Sullivan Gardens

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

Colonial Heights and Sullivan Gardens 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 1,334 in Sullivan Gardens). Colonial Heights has the higher median household income ($76,440 vs $43,574 in Sullivan Gardens). Colonial Heights has the higher median home value ($193,200 vs $183,500 in Sullivan Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Heights	Sullivan Gardens
Population	2,783	1,334
Median age	51.8 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,440	$43,574
Median home value	$193,200	$183,500
Median gross rent	$1,035	—
Housing units	1,434	690
Homeownership rate	87.6%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Heights	Sullivan Gardens
Population	3,177 → 2,783 (-12.4%)	1,507 → 1,334 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$57,962 → $76,440 (+31.9%)	$50,417 → $43,574 (-13.6%)
Median home value	$145,400 → $193,200 (+32.9%)	$108,400 → $183,500 (+69.3%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,035 (+9.5%)	—

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

Sullivan Gardens

Population

1,5071,334

Median household income

$50,417$43,574

Median home value

$108,400$183,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonial Heights	Sullivan Gardens
Under 5	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	18.6%
25 to 34	6.2%	1.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	20.5%	15.5%
55 to 64	19.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	17.1%	14.0%
75 and over	9.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Heights	Sullivan Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Heights	Sullivan Gardens
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	24.4%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Heights	Sullivan Gardens
Drove alone	79.6%	90.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Heights	Sullivan Gardens
1-unit, detached	93.2%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Heights	Sullivan Gardens
Poverty rate	4.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1972	1980