Mount Juliet vs Watertown

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

Mount Juliet and Watertown 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 1,511 in Watertown). Mount Juliet has the higher median household income ($107,847 vs $62,991 in Watertown). Mount Juliet has the higher median home value ($423,000 vs $228,400 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Juliet	Watertown
Population	40,828	1,511
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,847	$62,991
Median home value	$423,000	$228,400
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,036
Housing units	16,406	652
Homeownership rate	74.9%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Juliet	Watertown
Population	34,377 → 40,828 (+18.8%)	1,684 → 1,511 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$91,303 → $107,847 (+18.1%)	$47,257 → $62,991 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$274,800 → $423,000 (+53.9%)	$119,600 → $228,400 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,424 → $1,875 (+31.7%)	$850 → $1,036 (+21.9%)

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

Watertown

Population

1,6841,511

Median household income

$47,257$62,991

Median home value

$119,600$228,400

Median gross rent

$850$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Juliet	Watertown
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.5%
75 and over	4.7%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Juliet	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	82.2%
Black or African American	7.7%	7.9%
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%	4.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Juliet	Watertown
No high school diploma	3.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	19.0%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Juliet	Watertown
Drove alone	71.3%	86.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	9.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Juliet	Watertown
1-unit, detached	75.6%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.8%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Juliet	Watertown
Poverty rate	4.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	2005	1977