Bartlett vs Lakeland

A side-by-side comparison of Bartlett and Lakeland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bartlett has the higher population (56,998 vs 14,068 in Lakeland). Lakeland has the higher median household income ($113,843 vs $100,660 in Bartlett). Lakeland has the higher median home value ($373,800 vs $283,700 in Bartlett).

Population, income & housing

	Bartlett	Lakeland
Population	56,998	14,068
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,660	$113,843
Median home value	$283,700	$373,800
Median gross rent	$1,658	$1,611
Housing units	20,818	5,270
Homeownership rate	84.4%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	55.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartlett	Lakeland
Population	59,102 → 56,998 (-3.6%)	12,606 → 14,068 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$84,688 → $100,660 (+18.9%)	$103,074 → $113,843 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$185,100 → $283,700 (+53.3%)	$257,400 → $373,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,383 → $1,658 (+19.9%)	$1,200 → $1,611 (+34.3%)

Bartlett

Population

59,10256,998

Median household income

$84,688$100,660

Median home value

$185,100$283,700

Median gross rent

$1,383$1,658

Lakeland

Population

12,60614,068

Median household income

$103,074$113,843

Median home value

$257,400$373,800

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartlett	Lakeland
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.1%
75 and over	6.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartlett	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	76.5%
Black or African American	22.3%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartlett	Lakeland
No high school diploma	5.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartlett	Lakeland
Drove alone	81.5%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	13.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartlett	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	91.5%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	9.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bartlett	Lakeland
Poverty rate	6.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.79	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1992	1998