Norene vs Rural Hill

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

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

Rural Hill has the higher population (2,453 vs 254 in Norene). Norene has the higher median household income ($129,138 vs $84,310 in Rural Hill). Rural Hill has the higher median home value ($402,100 vs $238,400 in Norene).

Population, income & housing

	Norene	Rural Hill
Population	254	2,453
Median age	39.9 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$129,138	$84,310
Median home value	$238,400	$402,100
Housing units	66	941
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	18.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norene	Rural Hill
Population	226 → 254 (+12.4%)	2,441 → 2,453 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$108,147 → $129,138 (+19.4%)	$72,312 → $84,310 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$235,100 → $238,400 (+1.4%)	$243,800 → $402,100 (+64.9%)

Norene

Population

226254

Median household income

$108,147$129,138

Median home value

$235,100$238,400

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)

	Norene	Rural Hill
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	3.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	31.9%	2.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	22.8%	8.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	29.8%
65 to 74	28.0%	16.0%
75 and over	1.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norene	Rural Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norene	Rural Hill
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	47.6%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norene	Rural Hill
Drove alone	100.0%	82.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norene	Rural Hill
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Norene	Rural Hill
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.9%
Average household size	3.85	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1984	1988