Gleason vs Palmersville

A side-by-side comparison of Gleason and Palmersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gleason has the higher population (1,179 vs 136 in Palmersville). Gleason has the higher median household income ($58,906 vs $44,097 in Palmersville). Palmersville has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $83,700 in Gleason).

Population, income & housing

	Gleason	Palmersville
Population	1,179	136
Median age	39.5 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,906	$44,097
Median home value	$83,700	$103,100
Median gross rent	$668	—
Housing units	573	64
Homeownership rate	79.4%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gleason	Palmersville
Population	1,464 → 1,179 (-19.5%)	107 → 136 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$41,923 → $58,906 (+40.5%)	$39,766 → $44,097 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $83,700 (+22.4%)	$65,000 → $103,100 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $668 (+3.4%)	—

Gleason

Population

1,4641,179

Median household income

$41,923$58,906

Median home value

$68,400$83,700

Median gross rent

$646$668

Palmersville

Population

107136

Median household income

$39,766$44,097

Median home value

$65,000$103,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gleason	Palmersville
Under 5	4.2%	22.1%
5 to 17	21.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	4.4%
75 and over	4.8%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gleason	Palmersville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gleason	Palmersville
No high school diploma	10.7%	15.8%
High school graduate	49.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gleason	Palmersville
Drove alone	86.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.4%	19.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gleason	Palmersville
1-unit, detached	81.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Gleason	Palmersville
Poverty rate	11.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1967	1970