Sullivan Gardens vs Walnut Hill

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

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

Walnut Hill has the higher population (2,480 vs 1,334 in Sullivan Gardens). Walnut Hill has the higher median household income ($65,074 vs $43,574 in Sullivan Gardens). Sullivan Gardens has the higher median home value ($183,500 vs $172,500 in Walnut Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Sullivan Gardens	Walnut Hill
Population	1,334	2,480
Median age	43.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,574	$65,074
Median home value	$183,500	$172,500
Housing units	690	894
Homeownership rate	86.4%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sullivan Gardens	Walnut Hill
Population	1,507 → 1,334 (-11.5%)	2,481 → 2,480 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$50,417 → $43,574 (-13.6%)	$51,375 → $65,074 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$108,400 → $183,500 (+69.3%)	$131,000 → $172,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$480 → $1,279 (+166.5%)

Sullivan Gardens

Population

1,5071,334

Median household income

$50,417$43,574

Median home value

$108,400$183,500

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)

	Sullivan Gardens	Walnut Hill
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	18.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	1.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	18.1%
75 and over	4.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sullivan Gardens	Walnut Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	96.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sullivan Gardens	Walnut Hill
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	27.4%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sullivan Gardens	Walnut Hill
Drove alone	90.5%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sullivan Gardens	Walnut Hill
1-unit, detached	73.3%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Sullivan Gardens	Walnut Hill
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1980	1970