Cheatham County vs Fayette County

A side-by-side comparison of Cheatham County and Fayette County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayette County has the higher population (42,653 vs 41,500 in Cheatham County). Fayette County has the higher median household income ($84,764 vs $82,015 in Cheatham County). Fayette County has the higher median home value ($316,000 vs $291,400 in Cheatham County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheatham County	Fayette County
Population	41,500	42,653
Median age	41.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,015	$84,764
Median home value	$291,400	$316,000
Median gross rent	$1,274	$883
Housing units	17,171	18,087
Homeownership rate	81.9%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheatham County	Fayette County
Population	40,181 → 41,500 (+3.3%)	40,164 → 42,653 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$61,913 → $82,015 (+32.5%)	$60,711 → $84,764 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$187,400 → $291,400 (+55.5%)	$206,700 → $316,000 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,274 (+28.9%)	$739 → $883 (+19.5%)

Cheatham County

Population

40,18141,500

Median household income

$61,913$82,015

Median home value

$187,400$291,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,274

Fayette County

Population

40,16442,653

Median household income

$60,711$84,764

Median home value

$206,700$316,000

Median gross rent

$739$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheatham County	Fayette County
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.8%
75 and over	5.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheatham County	Fayette County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	66.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	26.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheatham County	Fayette County
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheatham County	Fayette County
Drove alone	75.0%	76.6%
Carpooled	11.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	9.8%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheatham County	Fayette County
1-unit, detached	80.3%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Cheatham County	Fayette County
Poverty rate	8.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1991	1997