Benton County vs Cannon County

A side-by-side comparison of Benton County and Cannon County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benton County has the higher population (15,948 vs 14,661 in Cannon County). Cannon County has the higher median household income ($58,092 vs $50,435 in Benton County). Cannon County has the higher median home value ($227,600 vs $123,400 in Benton County).

Population, income & housing

	Benton County	Cannon County
Population	15,948	14,661
Median age	47.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,435	$58,092
Median home value	$123,400	$227,600
Median gross rent	$788	$781
Housing units	8,544	6,384
Homeownership rate	74.7%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton County	Cannon County
Population	16,140 → 15,948 (-1.2%)	14,178 → 14,661 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$37,512 → $50,435 (+34.5%)	$55,330 → $58,092 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $123,400 (+44.2%)	$164,600 → $227,600 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $788 (+19.8%)	$635 → $781 (+23.0%)

Benton County

Population

16,14015,948

Median household income

$37,512$50,435

Median home value

$85,600$123,400

Median gross rent

$658$788

Cannon County

Population

14,17814,661

Median household income

$55,330$58,092

Median home value

$164,600$227,600

Median gross rent

$635$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton County	Cannon County
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.1%	10.4%
75 and over	9.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton County	Cannon County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton County	Cannon County
No high school diploma	12.8%	15.8%
High school graduate	48.3%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton County	Cannon County
Drove alone	84.0%	83.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.6%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton County	Cannon County
1-unit, detached	68.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	28.5%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Benton County	Cannon County
Poverty rate	18.5%	16.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1983	1989