Dyer County vs Marshall County

A side-by-side comparison of Dyer County and Marshall County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dyer County has the higher population (36,681 vs 35,276 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($70,829 vs $54,973 in Dyer County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($246,100 vs $159,500 in Dyer County).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer County	Marshall County
Population	36,681	35,276
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,973	$70,829
Median home value	$159,500	$246,100
Median gross rent	$760	$924
Housing units	16,296	14,521
Homeownership rate	62.4%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer County	Marshall County
Population	37,416 → 36,681 (-2.0%)	32,965 → 35,276 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$44,185 → $54,973 (+24.4%)	$53,197 → $70,829 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $159,500 (+53.7%)	$136,400 → $246,100 (+80.4%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $760 (+11.8%)	$763 → $924 (+21.1%)

Dyer County

Population

37,41636,681

Median household income

$44,185$54,973

Median home value

$103,800$159,500

Median gross rent

$680$760

Marshall County

Population

32,96535,276

Median household income

$53,197$70,829

Median home value

$136,400$246,100

Median gross rent

$763$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyer County	Marshall County
Under 5	6.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.4%
75 and over	7.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	83.5%
Black or African American	14.9%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	10.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	40.6%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer County	Marshall County
Drove alone	88.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	12.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	78.0%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Dyer County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	17.9%	14.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1977	1991