Cumberland County vs Loudon County

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

Cumberland 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.

Cumberland County has the higher population (62,529 vs 56,996 in Loudon County). Loudon County has the higher median household income ($80,296 vs $58,475 in Cumberland County). Loudon County has the higher median home value ($292,600 vs $228,000 in Cumberland County).

Population, income & housing

	Cumberland County	Loudon County
Population	62,529	56,996
Median age	53.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,475	$80,296
Median home value	$228,000	$292,600
Median gross rent	$829	$995
Housing units	31,037	25,415
Homeownership rate	80.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cumberland County	Loudon County
Population	59,216 → 62,529 (+5.6%)	52,340 → 56,996 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$45,958 → $58,475 (+27.2%)	$58,065 → $80,296 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$153,200 → $228,000 (+48.8%)	$222,500 → $292,600 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $829 (+19.1%)	$802 → $995 (+24.1%)

Cumberland County

Population

59,21662,529

Median household income

$45,958$58,475

Median home value

$153,200$228,000

Median gross rent

$696$829

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)

	Cumberland County	Loudon County
Under 5	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	18.6%	16.1%
75 and over	13.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cumberland County	Loudon County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	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	3.4%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cumberland County	Loudon County
No high school diploma	10.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cumberland County	Loudon County
Drove alone	80.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	10.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cumberland County	Loudon County
1-unit, detached	74.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Cumberland County	Loudon County
Poverty rate	13.4%	12.6%
Average household size	2.26	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1993	1991