Colonial Heights vs Walnut Hill

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

Colonial Heights and Walnut Hill 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 2,480 in Walnut Hill). Colonial Heights has the higher median household income ($76,440 vs $65,074 in Walnut Hill). Colonial Heights has the higher median home value ($193,200 vs $172,500 in Walnut Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Heights	Walnut Hill
Population	2,783	2,480
Median age	51.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,440	$65,074
Median home value	$193,200	$172,500
Median gross rent	$1,035	—
Housing units	1,434	894
Homeownership rate	87.6%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Heights	Walnut Hill
Population	3,177 → 2,783 (-12.4%)	2,481 → 2,480 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$57,962 → $76,440 (+31.9%)	$51,375 → $65,074 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$145,400 → $193,200 (+32.9%)	$131,000 → $172,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,035 (+9.5%)	$480 → $1,279 (+166.5%)

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

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)

	Colonial Heights	Walnut Hill
Under 5	2.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	8.1%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	20.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	19.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	17.1%	18.1%
75 and over	9.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Heights	Walnut Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.6%
Asian	1.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Heights	Walnut Hill
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	24.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Heights	Walnut Hill
Drove alone	79.6%	83.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	12.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Heights	Walnut Hill
1-unit, detached	93.2%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Heights	Walnut Hill
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.00	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1972	1970