Coffee County vs Loudon County

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

Coffee 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.

Coffee County has the higher population (58,940 vs 56,996 in Loudon County). Loudon County has the higher median household income ($80,296 vs $60,656 in Coffee County). Loudon County has the higher median home value ($292,600 vs $227,300 in Coffee County).

Population, income & housing

	Coffee County	Loudon County
Population	58,940	56,996
Median age	39.2 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,656	$80,296
Median home value	$227,300	$292,600
Median gross rent	$885	$995
Housing units	25,187	25,415
Homeownership rate	70.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffee County	Loudon County
Population	55,209 → 58,940 (+6.8%)	52,340 → 56,996 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$50,351 → $60,656 (+20.5%)	$58,065 → $80,296 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$141,900 → $227,300 (+60.2%)	$222,500 → $292,600 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $885 (+20.1%)	$802 → $995 (+24.1%)

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

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)

	Coffee County	Loudon County
Under 5	6.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.1%
75 and over	7.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffee County	Loudon County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	85.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffee County	Loudon County
No high school diploma	12.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffee County	Loudon County
Drove alone	78.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffee County	Loudon County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Coffee County	Loudon County
Poverty rate	16.1%	12.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1986	1991