Lenoir City vs Tellico Village

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

Lenoir City and Tellico Village 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 6,901 in Tellico Village). Tellico Village has the higher median household income ($98,214 vs $60,480 in Lenoir City). Tellico Village has the higher median home value ($484,900 vs $214,300 in Lenoir City).

Population, income & housing

	Lenoir City	Tellico Village
Population	10,681	6,901
Median age	38.4 yrs	70.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,480	$98,214
Median home value	$214,300	$484,900
Median gross rent	$913	$2,020
Housing units	4,696	3,927
Homeownership rate	62.5%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenoir City	Tellico Village
Population	9,162 → 10,681 (+16.6%)	5,671 → 6,901 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$39,867 → $60,480 (+51.7%)	$76,149 → $98,214 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $214,300 (+70.8%)	$382,100 → $484,900 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $913 (+11.5%)	$2,139 → $2,020 (-5.6%)

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

Tellico Village

Population

5,6716,901

Median household income

$76,149$98,214

Median home value

$382,100$484,900

Median gross rent

$2,139$2,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenoir City	Tellico Village
Under 5	7.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	2.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	0.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	1.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	4.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	2.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	31.6%
75 and over	7.5%	34.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenoir City	Tellico Village
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenoir City	Tellico Village
No high school diploma	10.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	36.8%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenoir City	Tellico Village
Drove alone	81.1%	63.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	26.2%
Other means	0.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenoir City	Tellico Village
1-unit, detached	71.3%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lenoir City	Tellico Village
Poverty rate	20.1%	2.6%
Average household size	2.46	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1980	2003