Bledsoe County vs Wayne County

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

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

Wayne County has the higher population (16,251 vs 14,905 in Bledsoe County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($52,824 vs $49,655 in Bledsoe County). Bledsoe County has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $126,600 in Wayne County).

Population, income & housing

	Bledsoe County	Wayne County
Population	14,905	16,251
Median age	44.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,655	$52,824
Median home value	$165,400	$126,600
Median gross rent	$779	$619
Housing units	5,895	7,205
Homeownership rate	79.1%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bledsoe County	Wayne County
Population	14,836 → 14,905 (+0.5%)	16,693 → 16,251 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$44,122 → $49,655 (+12.5%)	$41,427 → $52,824 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$134,600 → $165,400 (+22.9%)	$95,200 → $126,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $779 (+18.8%)	$560 → $619 (+10.5%)

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

Wayne County

Population

16,69316,251

Median household income

$41,427$52,824

Median home value

$95,200$126,600

Median gross rent

$560$619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bledsoe County	Wayne County
Under 5	4.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.4%
75 and over	8.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bledsoe County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	88.7%
Black or African American	5.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bledsoe County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	20.4%	16.5%
High school graduate	50.5%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bledsoe County	Wayne County
Drove alone	79.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	12.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bledsoe County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	68.0%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Bledsoe County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	25.0%	18.5%
Average household size	2.85	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1993	1981