Atoka vs Gilt Edge

A side-by-side comparison of Atoka and Gilt Edge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atoka has the higher population (10,237 vs 503 in Gilt Edge). Atoka has the higher median household income ($86,922 vs $73,929 in Gilt Edge). Atoka has the higher median home value ($283,500 vs $178,300 in Gilt Edge).

Population, income & housing

	Atoka	Gilt Edge
Population	10,237	503
Median age	39.1 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,922	$73,929
Median home value	$283,500	$178,300
Median gross rent	$1,279	$845
Housing units	3,850	196
Homeownership rate	84.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atoka	Gilt Edge
Population	9,241 → 10,237 (+10.8%)	436 → 503 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$91,687 → $86,922 (-5.2%)	$46,875 → $73,929 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$195,200 → $283,500 (+45.2%)	$131,700 → $178,300 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,186 → $1,279 (+7.8%)	$763 → $845 (+10.7%)

Atoka

Population

9,24110,237

Median household income

$91,687$86,922

Median home value

$195,200$283,500

Median gross rent

$1,186$1,279

Gilt Edge

Population

436503

Median household income

$46,875$73,929

Median home value

$131,700$178,300

Median gross rent

$763$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atoka	Gilt Edge
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	16.6%	17.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.8%
75 and over	3.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atoka	Gilt Edge
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	89.7%
Black or African American	11.0%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atoka	Gilt Edge
No high school diploma	4.8%	20.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atoka	Gilt Edge
Drove alone	86.9%	83.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atoka	Gilt Edge
1-unit, detached	93.8%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Atoka	Gilt Edge
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	2000	1975