Gallatin vs Hendersonville

A side-by-side comparison of Gallatin and Hendersonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hendersonville has the higher population (62,390 vs 46,667 in Gallatin). Hendersonville has the higher median household income ($91,503 vs $73,589 in Gallatin). Hendersonville has the higher median home value ($396,500 vs $343,700 in Gallatin).

Population, income & housing

	Gallatin	Hendersonville
Population	46,667	62,390
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,589	$91,503
Median home value	$343,700	$396,500
Median gross rent	$1,299	$1,552
Housing units	19,689	26,328
Homeownership rate	58.2%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gallatin	Hendersonville
Population	38,156 → 46,667 (+22.3%)	57,083 → 62,390 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$59,745 → $73,589 (+23.2%)	$72,539 → $91,503 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$222,800 → $343,700 (+54.3%)	$266,100 → $396,500 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,299 (+35.0%)	$1,173 → $1,552 (+32.3%)

Gallatin

Population

38,15646,667

Median household income

$59,745$73,589

Median home value

$222,800$343,700

Median gross rent

$962$1,299

Hendersonville

Population

57,08362,390

Median household income

$72,539$91,503

Median home value

$266,100$396,500

Median gross rent

$1,173$1,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gallatin	Hendersonville
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.7%
75 and over	7.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gallatin	Hendersonville
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	16.0%	8.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gallatin	Hendersonville
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gallatin	Hendersonville
Drove alone	74.0%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	17.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gallatin	Hendersonville
1-unit, detached	59.2%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	10.8%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Gallatin	Hendersonville
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	2002	1989