Fall Branch vs Johnson City

A side-by-side comparison of Fall Branch and Johnson City: population, income, housing, and more.

Fall Branch and Johnson City are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Johnson City has the higher population (71,455 vs 1,077 in Fall Branch). Johnson City has the higher median household income ($55,429 vs $49,083 in Fall Branch). Johnson City has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $152,200 in Fall Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Fall Branch	Johnson City
Population	1,077	71,455
Median age	48.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,083	$55,429
Median home value	$152,200	$238,000
Median gross rent	$829	$957
Housing units	548	33,086
Homeownership rate	82.1%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall Branch	Johnson City
Population	1,403 → 1,077 (-23.2%)	66,515 → 71,455 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $49,083 (-7.0%)	$41,682 → $55,429 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $152,200 (+3.9%)	$167,500 → $238,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $829 (+49.1%)	$755 → $957 (+26.8%)

Fall Branch

Population

1,4031,077

Median household income

$52,750$49,083

Median home value

$146,500$152,200

Median gross rent

$556$829

Johnson City

Population

66,51571,455

Median household income

$41,682$55,429

Median home value

$167,500$238,000

Median gross rent

$755$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fall Branch	Johnson City
Under 5	3.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	16.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	17.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	20.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	9.3%
75 and over	7.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall Branch	Johnson City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall Branch	Johnson City
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall Branch	Johnson City
Drove alone	89.9%	78.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall Branch	Johnson City
1-unit, detached	71.7%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	18.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Fall Branch	Johnson City
Poverty rate	19.7%	21.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1978	1983