Rural Hill vs Watertown

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

Rural Hill and Watertown 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 1,511 in Watertown). Rural Hill has the higher median household income ($84,310 vs $62,991 in Watertown). Rural Hill has the higher median home value ($402,100 vs $228,400 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Rural Hill	Watertown
Population	2,453	1,511
Median age	56.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,310	$62,991
Median home value	$402,100	$228,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,036
Housing units	941	652
Homeownership rate	97.1%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rural Hill	Watertown
Population	2,441 → 2,453 (+0.5%)	1,684 → 1,511 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$72,312 → $84,310 (+16.6%)	$47,257 → $62,991 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$243,800 → $402,100 (+64.9%)	$119,600 → $228,400 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $1,036 (+21.9%)

Rural Hill

Population

2,4412,453

Median household income

$72,312$84,310

Median home value

$243,800$402,100

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)

	Rural Hill	Watertown
Under 5	2.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	2.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	29.8%	17.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	8.5%
75 and over	6.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rural Hill	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	82.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	4.6%
Two or more races	6.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rural Hill	Watertown
No high school diploma	3.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	50.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rural Hill	Watertown
Drove alone	82.7%	86.5%
Carpooled	1.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rural Hill	Watertown
1-unit, detached	95.4%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Rural Hill	Watertown
Poverty rate	0.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1988	1977