Coffee County vs Jefferson County

A side-by-side comparison of Coffee County and Jefferson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coffee County has the higher population (58,940 vs 55,835 in Jefferson County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($63,084 vs $60,656 in Coffee County). Coffee County has the higher median home value ($227,300 vs $210,000 in Jefferson County).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee County	Jefferson County
Population	58,940	55,835
Median age	39.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,656	$63,084
Median home value	$227,300	$210,000
Median gross rent	$885	$880
Housing units	25,187	25,223
Homeownership rate	70.2%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee County	Jefferson County
Population	55,209 → 58,940 (+6.8%)	53,679 → 55,835 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$50,351 → $60,656 (+20.5%)	$49,139 → $63,084 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $227,300 (+60.2%)	$146,300 → $210,000 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $885 (+20.1%)	$681 → $880 (+29.2%)

Coffee County

Population

55,20958,940

Median household income

$50,351$60,656

Median home value

$141,900$227,300

Median gross rent

$737$885

Jefferson County

Population

53,67955,835

Median household income

$49,139$63,084

Median home value

$146,300$210,000

Median gross rent

$681$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffee County	Jefferson County
Under 5	6.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.0%
75 and over	7.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	12.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	78.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Coffee County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	16.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1986	1990