Lenoir City vs Philadelphia

A side-by-side comparison of Lenoir City and Philadelphia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lenoir City has the higher population (10,681 vs 722 in Philadelphia). Philadelphia has the higher median household income ($68,618 vs $60,480 in Lenoir City). Lenoir City has the higher median home value ($214,300 vs $118,800 in Philadelphia).

Population, income & housing

	Lenoir City	Philadelphia
Population	10,681	722
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,480	$68,618
Median home value	$214,300	$118,800
Median gross rent	$913	$882
Housing units	4,696	302
Homeownership rate	62.5%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenoir City	Philadelphia
Population	9,162 → 10,681 (+16.6%)	882 → 722 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$39,867 → $60,480 (+51.7%)	$61,667 → $68,618 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $214,300 (+70.8%)	$117,900 → $118,800 (+0.8%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $913 (+11.5%)	$737 → $882 (+19.7%)

Lenoir City

Population

9,16210,681

Median household income

$39,867$60,480

Median home value

$125,500$214,300

Median gross rent

$819$913

Philadelphia

Population

882722

Median household income

$61,667$68,618

Median home value

$117,900$118,800

Median gross rent

$737$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenoir City	Philadelphia
Under 5	7.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	20.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.6%
75 and over	7.5%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenoir City	Philadelphia
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenoir City	Philadelphia
No high school diploma	10.6%	17.7%
High school graduate	36.8%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenoir City	Philadelphia
Drove alone	81.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenoir City	Philadelphia
1-unit, detached	71.3%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	33.4%

Poverty & households

	Lenoir City	Philadelphia
Poverty rate	20.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1980	1975