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Place dossier plate
SheetTN-COLLEGEDALE-TN · Collegedale, TN 11,185 pop · income 43rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Collegedale
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Collegedale on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lawrenceburg · lowest
41,458
Lawrenceburg · lowest
41,458 median HH income
45.9% of the leader · rank #1
Titusville · near
64,898
Titusville · near
64,898 median HH income
71.8% of the leader · rank #2
Winthrop · near
64,904
Winthrop · near
64,904 median HH income
71.8% of the leader · rank #3
Collegedale · this city
64,905
Collegedale · this city
64,905 median HH income
71.8% of the leader · rank #4
Milton · near
64,906
Milton · near
64,906 median HH income
71.8% of the leader · rank #5
Rocky Ripple · near
64,911
Rocky Ripple · near
64,911 median HH income
71.8% of the leader · rank #6
North Branch · highest
90,383
North Branch · highest
90,383 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Collegedale on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 11,185.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Collegedale - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Collegedale places in the 43rd percentile for household income and the 70th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
43rd
percentile, household income
70th
percentile, home value
34th
percentile, median rent
70th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Collegedale, TN
11,185 people live in Collegedale, Tennessee - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $64,905 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 8.4%. Collegedale's housing stock carries a median value of $332,700, and the median resident age is 36.3 years. Educational attainment runs 47.6% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 60.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 13 residential building permits were authorized in Collegedale (Construction Slowdown), down 54% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Collegedale reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 844.9 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Tennessee run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Tennessee at 91.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,118 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Tennessee's average monthly utility costs around $218 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 52.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Collegedale's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change to work and mobility to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Collegedale, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Collegedale?
Within Tennessee, the closest population matches are Millington (11,117 residents, $51,695 income); Union City (11,040 residents, $45,523 income); Martin (10,864 residents, $41,510 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sebring, FL (11,185 residents); Grand Rapids, MN (11,186 residents); Prineville, OR (11,187 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in Collegedale?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Is Collegedale growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +375 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 13 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in Collegedale?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 61.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Collegedale?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 844.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 63% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
827.7
Violent rate
17.2
Total reported rate
844.9
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 8.4% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
91.9 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Tennessee average
B-
City profile score · Collegedale, TN
66/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A+
17 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
47.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living B+
91.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate D
8.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$64,905
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Collegedale profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 93/100 (A+) · 17 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 82/100 (A-) · 47.6%
Cost of living: 78/100 (B+) · 91.9 index
Poverty rate: 46/100 (D) · 8.4%
Household income: 42/100 (D) · $64,905
Where Collegedale sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Collegedale's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Collegedale highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
Collegedale, TN (this city): home $332,700, crime 845/100k
Grand Rapids, MN : home $200,600, crime 1,121/100k
Prineville, OR : home $364,600, crime 971/100k
North Branch, MN : home $290,600, crime 264/100k
Monmouth, OR : home $380,500, crime 1,079/100k
Petal, MS : home $161,400, crime 522/100k
Millington, TN : home $172,800, crime 4,404/100k
Union City, TN : home $138,400, crime 3,123/100k
Martin, TN : home $177,700, crime 1,384/100k
Alcoa, TN : home $232,300, crime 1,745/100k
Lenoir City, TN : home $214,300, crime 1,951/100k
Lawrenceburg, TN : home $158,100, crime 1,800/100k
How does Collegedale compare to other US cities?
Here's how Collegedale stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income43% higher than other cities
Home value70% pricier than other cities
Median rent34% pricier than other cities
Safety70% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Tennessee and the picture shifts: Collegedale ranks #40 of 174 Tennessee cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Collegedale against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Tennessee only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Tennessee-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Collegedale near the bottom of Tennessee's cities
Among the 482 Tennessee cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Collegedale ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Collegedale only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#163 of 458
64th percentile in Tennessee
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 482
0th percentile in Tennessee
Median Home Value
#57 of 455
87th percentile in Tennessee
Poverty Rate
#271 of 482
43rd percentile in Tennessee
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#28 of 482
94th percentile in Tennessee
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Tennessee only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
43rd percentile nationally for median household income · 70th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Collegedale's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Collegedale's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Collegedale's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$332,70030th percentilemore affordable than 30% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Collegedale's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,099 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,682 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.1×, Collegedale sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,099 of 15,516 and #2,682 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$64,905Collegedale, TN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Collegedale, TN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Collegedale, TN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)47.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
11,185
Median Income
$64,905
Median Home Value
$332,700
Median Age
36.3
Poverty Rate
8.4%
Labor force participation
60.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
47.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
844.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
17.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
827.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Collegedale's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
11,124 residents
2021
11,240 residents
2022
11,272 residents
2023
11,485 residents
2024
11,533 residents
2025
11,499 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
13
housing units authorized
Single-Family
11
detached homes
Multifamily
2
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
28
28
0
$7.6M
2020
228
44
184
$27.6M
2021
32
32
0
$9.1M
2022
116
58
58
$15.9M
2023
31
31
0
$8.6M
2024
13
11
2
$4.9M
Permit volume decreased 54% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
61.8%
Carpool
8.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
10.4%
Work from Home
18.8%
Based on 5,907 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Tennessee statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $218
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Tennessee at $218 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Tennessee statewide averages, not a meter reading for Collegedale. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Tennessee's BEA cost-of-living index is 91.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Collegedale is $1,118/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Tennessee statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 52.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Tennessee statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Collegedale sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Collegedale compares to similar-size Tennessee cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.