Blount County vs Sumner County

A side-by-side comparison of Blount County and Sumner County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sumner County has the higher population (200,553 vs 137,747 in Blount County). Sumner County has the higher median household income ($86,005 vs $74,607 in Blount County). Sumner County has the higher median home value ($364,000 vs $275,700 in Blount County).

Population, income & housing

	Blount County	Sumner County
Population	137,747	200,553
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,607	$86,005
Median home value	$275,700	$364,000
Median gross rent	$1,042	$1,339
Housing units	60,912	81,376
Homeownership rate	77.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blount County	Sumner County
Population	129,927 → 137,747 (+6.0%)	183,437 → 200,553 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $74,607 (+31.7%)	$67,204 → $86,005 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$182,100 → $275,700 (+51.4%)	$234,200 → $364,000 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,042 (+32.2%)	$1,026 → $1,339 (+30.5%)

Blount County

Population

129,927137,747

Median household income

$56,667$74,607

Median home value

$182,100$275,700

Median gross rent

$788$1,042

Sumner County

Population

183,437200,553

Median household income

$67,204$86,005

Median home value

$234,200$364,000

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,339

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blount County	Sumner County
Under 5	4.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.9%
75 and over	8.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blount County	Sumner County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	79.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blount County	Sumner County
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	35.4%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blount County	Sumner County
Drove alone	80.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.4%	14.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blount County	Sumner County
1-unit, detached	77.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Blount County	Sumner County
Poverty rate	8.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1988	1994