Spurgeon vs Telford

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

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

Spurgeon has the higher population (3,749 vs 875 in Telford). Telford has the higher median household income ($70,446 vs $66,091 in Spurgeon). Telford has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $197,500 in Spurgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Spurgeon	Telford
Population	3,749	875
Median age	44.2 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,091	$70,446
Median home value	$197,500	$221,300
Median gross rent	$796	—
Housing units	1,967	347
Homeownership rate	77.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spurgeon	Telford
Population	4,666 → 3,749 (-19.7%)	1,227 → 875 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $66,091 (+16.6%)	$40,833 → $70,446 (+72.5%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $197,500 (+31.3%)	$90,400 → $221,300 (+144.8%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $796 (-2.2%)	—

Spurgeon

Population

4,6663,749

Median household income

$56,667$66,091

Median home value

$150,400$197,500

Median gross rent

$814$796

Telford

Population

1,227875

Median household income

$40,833$70,446

Median home value

$90,400$221,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spurgeon	Telford
Under 5	5.1%	8.9%
5 to 17	10.2%	4.7%
18 to 24	12.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	21.9%	27.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	18.7%
75 and over	9.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spurgeon	Telford
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spurgeon	Telford
No high school diploma	3.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spurgeon	Telford
Drove alone	76.7%	64.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	12.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spurgeon	Telford
1-unit, detached	69.1%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Spurgeon	Telford
Poverty rate	21.5%	0.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1979	1995