Banner Hill vs Unicoi

A side-by-side comparison of Banner Hill and Unicoi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Unicoi has the higher population (3,815 vs 1,519 in Banner Hill). Banner Hill has the higher median household income ($66,270 vs $41,455 in Unicoi). Unicoi has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $120,700 in Banner Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Banner Hill	Unicoi
Population	1,519	3,815
Median age	40.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,270	$41,455
Median home value	$120,700	$196,500
Median gross rent	—	$695
Housing units	570	1,812
Homeownership rate	88.4%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Banner Hill	Unicoi
Population	1,576 → 1,519 (-3.6%)	3,556 → 3,815 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$48,674 → $66,270 (+36.2%)	$41,936 → $41,455 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$116,100 → $120,700 (+4.0%)	$166,300 → $196,500 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$638 → $695 (+8.9%)

Banner Hill

Population

1,5761,519

Median household income

$48,674$66,270

Median home value

$116,100$120,700

Unicoi

Population

3,5563,815

Median household income

$41,936$41,455

Median home value

$166,300$196,500

Median gross rent

$638$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Banner Hill	Unicoi
Under 5	8.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	8.4%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	6.2%	13.5%
75 and over	6.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Banner Hill	Unicoi
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	82.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Banner Hill	Unicoi
No high school diploma	6.6%	13.2%
High school graduate	48.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Banner Hill	Unicoi
Drove alone	71.1%	76.0%
Carpooled	16.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Banner Hill	Unicoi
1-unit, detached	86.7%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Banner Hill	Unicoi
Poverty rate	21.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.77	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1958	1981