Mount Juliet vs Rural Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Juliet and Rural Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Juliet has the higher population (40,828 vs 2,453 in Rural Hill). Mount Juliet has the higher median household income ($107,847 vs $84,310 in Rural Hill). Mount Juliet has the higher median home value ($423,000 vs $402,100 in Rural Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Juliet	Rural Hill
Population	40,828	2,453
Median age	39.1 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,847	$84,310
Median home value	$423,000	$402,100
Median gross rent	$1,875	—
Housing units	16,406	941
Homeownership rate	74.9%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Juliet	Rural Hill
Population	34,377 → 40,828 (+18.8%)	2,441 → 2,453 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$91,303 → $107,847 (+18.1%)	$72,312 → $84,310 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$274,800 → $423,000 (+53.9%)	$243,800 → $402,100 (+64.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,424 → $1,875 (+31.7%)	—

Mount Juliet

Population

34,37740,828

Median household income

$91,303$107,847

Median home value

$274,800$423,000

Median gross rent

$1,424$1,875

Rural Hill

Population

2,4412,453

Median household income

$72,312$84,310

Median home value

$243,800$402,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Juliet	Rural Hill
Under 5	5.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	29.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	16.0%
75 and over	4.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Juliet	Rural Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	78.2%
Black or African American	7.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	3.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Juliet	Rural Hill
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	19.0%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Juliet	Rural Hill
Drove alone	71.3%	82.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	15.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Juliet	Rural Hill
1-unit, detached	75.6%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Juliet	Rural Hill
Poverty rate	4.1%	0.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	2005	1988