Carter County vs Loudon County

A side-by-side comparison of Carter County and Loudon County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loudon County has the higher population (56,996 vs 56,462 in Carter County). Loudon County has the higher median household income ($80,296 vs $48,435 in Carter County). Loudon County has the higher median home value ($292,600 vs $157,200 in Carter County).

Population, income & housing

	Carter County	Loudon County
Population	56,462	56,996
Median age	45.8 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,435	$80,296
Median home value	$157,200	$292,600
Median gross rent	$738	$995
Housing units	27,982	25,415
Homeownership rate	74.1%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carter County	Loudon County
Population	56,433 → 56,462 (+0.1%)	52,340 → 56,996 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$38,092 → $48,435 (+27.2%)	$58,065 → $80,296 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$122,600 → $157,200 (+28.2%)	$222,500 → $292,600 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$632 → $738 (+16.8%)	$802 → $995 (+24.1%)

Carter County

Population

56,43356,462

Median household income

$38,092$48,435

Median home value

$122,600$157,200

Median gross rent

$632$738

Loudon County

Population

52,34056,996

Median household income

$58,065$80,296

Median home value

$222,500$292,600

Median gross rent

$802$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carter County	Loudon County
Under 5	4.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.1%
75 and over	9.4%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carter County	Loudon County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	85.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carter County	Loudon County
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carter County	Loudon County
Drove alone	85.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carter County	Loudon County
1-unit, detached	67.8%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Carter County	Loudon County
Poverty rate	18.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1977	1991