Atoka vs Mason

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

Atoka and Mason 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 1,126 in Mason). Atoka has the higher median household income ($86,922 vs $47,143 in Mason). Atoka has the higher median home value ($283,500 vs $129,900 in Mason).

Population, income & housing

	Atoka	Mason
Population	10,237	1,126
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,922	$47,143
Median home value	$283,500	$129,900
Median gross rent	$1,279	$1,202
Housing units	3,850	363
Homeownership rate	84.3%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atoka	Mason
Population	9,241 → 10,237 (+10.8%)	1,242 → 1,126 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$91,687 → $86,922 (-5.2%)	$36,563 → $47,143 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$195,200 → $283,500 (+45.2%)	$89,100 → $129,900 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,186 → $1,279 (+7.8%)	$763 → $1,202 (+57.5%)

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

Mason

Population

1,2421,126

Median household income

$36,563$47,143

Median home value

$89,100$129,900

Median gross rent

$763$1,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atoka	Mason
Under 5	5.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	15.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.0%
75 and over	3.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atoka	Mason
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	17.6%
Black or African American	11.0%	77.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atoka	Mason
No high school diploma	4.8%	15.0%
High school graduate	29.0%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atoka	Mason
Drove alone	86.9%	91.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	3.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atoka	Mason
1-unit, detached	93.8%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Atoka	Mason
Poverty rate	6.6%	25.9%
Average household size	2.72	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	2000	1994