Lenox vs Newbern

A side-by-side comparison of Lenox and Newbern: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newbern has the higher population (3,313 vs 322 in Lenox). Lenox has the higher median household income ($76,164 vs $49,853 in Newbern). Since 2019, Newbern's population has grown faster (-0.0% vs -37.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lenox	Newbern
Population	322	3,313
Median age	38.4 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,164	$49,853
Median home value	—	$92,700
Median gross rent	—	$802
Housing units	81	1,617
Homeownership rate	66.7%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenox	Newbern
Population	513 → 322 (-37.2%)	3,314 → 3,313 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$91,146 → $76,164 (-16.4%)	$51,154 → $49,853 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$188,000 → $232,200 (+23.5%)	$73,000 → $92,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$692 → $802 (+15.9%)

Lenox

Population

513322

Median household income

$91,146$76,164

Median home value

$188,000$232,200

Newbern

Population

3,3143,313

Median household income

$51,154$49,853

Median home value

$73,000$92,700

Median gross rent

$692$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenox	Newbern
Under 5	5.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	33.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.4%
35 to 44	20.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	23.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenox	Newbern
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenox	Newbern
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	7.2%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	92.8%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenox	Newbern
Drove alone	74.3%	95.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenox	Newbern
1-unit, detached	100.0%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Lenox	Newbern
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.9%
Average household size	3.98	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	15
Median year structure built	1952	1973