Anderson County vs Robertson County

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson County and Robertson County: population, income, housing, and more.

Anderson County and Robertson County are counties in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anderson County has the higher population (78,175 vs 74,291 in Robertson County). Robertson County has the higher median household income ($78,439 vs $63,171 in Anderson County). Robertson County has the higher median home value ($296,700 vs $215,800 in Anderson County).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson County	Robertson County
Population	78,175	74,291
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,171	$78,439
Median home value	$215,800	$296,700
Median gross rent	$960	$1,176
Housing units	35,570	29,263
Homeownership rate	71.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson County	Robertson County
Population	76,061 → 78,175 (+2.8%)	70,280 → 74,291 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$50,392 → $63,171 (+25.4%)	$63,307 → $78,439 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$146,200 → $215,800 (+47.6%)	$194,800 → $296,700 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $960 (+28.0%)	$894 → $1,176 (+31.5%)

Anderson County

Population

76,06178,175

Median household income

$50,392$63,171

Median home value

$146,200$215,800

Median gross rent

$750$960

Robertson County

Population

70,28074,291

Median household income

$63,307$78,439

Median home value

$194,800$296,700

Median gross rent

$894$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson County	Robertson County
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.4%
75 and over	8.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson County	Robertson County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	79.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson County	Robertson County
No high school diploma	8.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	33.2%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson County	Robertson County
Drove alone	78.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	10.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson County	Robertson County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	4.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Anderson County	Robertson County
Poverty rate	14.8%	10.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1977	1993