Bledsoe County vs Cannon County

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

Bledsoe 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.

Bledsoe County has the higher population (14,905 vs 14,661 in Cannon County). Cannon County has the higher median household income ($58,092 vs $49,655 in Bledsoe County). Cannon County has the higher median home value ($227,600 vs $165,400 in Bledsoe County).

Population, income & housing

	Bledsoe County	Cannon County
Population	14,905	14,661
Median age	44.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,655	$58,092
Median home value	$165,400	$227,600
Median gross rent	$779	$781
Housing units	5,895	6,384
Homeownership rate	79.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bledsoe County	Cannon County
Population	14,836 → 14,905 (+0.5%)	14,178 → 14,661 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$44,122 → $49,655 (+12.5%)	$55,330 → $58,092 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$134,600 → $165,400 (+22.9%)	$164,600 → $227,600 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $779 (+18.8%)	$635 → $781 (+23.0%)

Bledsoe County

Population

14,83614,905

Median household income

$44,122$49,655

Median home value

$134,600$165,400

Median gross rent

$656$779

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)

	Bledsoe County	Cannon County
Under 5	4.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bledsoe County	Cannon County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	92.5%
Black or African American	5.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bledsoe County	Cannon County
No high school diploma	20.4%	15.8%
High school graduate	50.5%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bledsoe County	Cannon County
Drove alone	79.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bledsoe County	Cannon County
1-unit, detached	68.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Bledsoe County	Cannon County
Poverty rate	25.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.85	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	36	34
Median year structure built	1993	1989