Johnson City vs Spurgeon

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

Johnson City and Spurgeon 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 3,749 in Spurgeon). Spurgeon has the higher median household income ($66,091 vs $55,429 in Johnson City). Johnson City has the higher median home value ($238,000 vs $197,500 in Spurgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Johnson City	Spurgeon
Population	71,455	3,749
Median age	35.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$66,091
Median home value	$238,000	$197,500
Median gross rent	$957	$796
Housing units	33,086	1,967
Homeownership rate	49.8%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnson City	Spurgeon
Population	66,515 → 71,455 (+7.4%)	4,666 → 3,749 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$41,682 → $55,429 (+33.0%)	$56,667 → $66,091 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $238,000 (+42.1%)	$150,400 → $197,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $957 (+26.8%)	$814 → $796 (-2.2%)

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

Spurgeon

Population

4,6663,749

Median household income

$56,667$66,091

Median home value

$150,400$197,500

Median gross rent

$814$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnson City	Spurgeon
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	16.6%	12.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	21.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.6%
75 and over	6.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnson City	Spurgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	81.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnson City	Spurgeon
No high school diploma	9.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	21.9%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnson City	Spurgeon
Drove alone	78.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	17.4%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnson City	Spurgeon
1-unit, detached	53.4%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	12.9%
20 or more units	8.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Johnson City	Spurgeon
Poverty rate	21.1%	21.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1983	1979