Chester County vs Johnson County

A side-by-side comparison of Chester County and Johnson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Johnson County has the higher population (18,073 vs 17,452 in Chester County). Chester County has the higher median household income ($60,543 vs $52,152 in Johnson County). Johnson County has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $155,200 in Chester County).

Population, income & housing

	Chester County	Johnson County
Population	17,452	18,073
Median age	37.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,543	$52,152
Median home value	$155,200	$175,500
Median gross rent	$714	$639
Housing units	7,251	8,755
Homeownership rate	76.6%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester County	Johnson County
Population	17,190 → 17,452 (+1.5%)	17,753 → 18,073 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$51,946 → $60,543 (+16.5%)	$36,004 → $52,152 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $155,200 (+27.3%)	$133,100 → $175,500 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $714 (+4.7%)	$545 → $639 (+17.2%)

Chester County

Population

17,19017,452

Median household income

$51,946$60,543

Median home value

$121,900$155,200

Median gross rent

$682$714

Johnson County

Population

17,75318,073

Median household income

$36,004$52,152

Median home value

$133,100$175,500

Median gross rent

$545$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester County	Johnson County
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	13.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.8%
75 and over	6.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester County	Johnson County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	9.8%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester County	Johnson County
No high school diploma	14.3%	18.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester County	Johnson County
Drove alone	85.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	5.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester County	Johnson County
1-unit, detached	77.7%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Chester County	Johnson County
Poverty rate	15.6%	22.1%
Average household size	2.56	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1989	1980