Dyer County vs Rhea County

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

Dyer County and Rhea 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 33,299 in Rhea County). Rhea County has the higher median household income ($58,133 vs $54,973 in Dyer County). Rhea County has the higher median home value ($178,500 vs $159,500 in Dyer County).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer County	Rhea County
Population	36,681	33,299
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,973	$58,133
Median home value	$159,500	$178,500
Median gross rent	$760	$796
Housing units	16,296	15,311
Homeownership rate	62.4%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer County	Rhea County
Population	37,416 → 36,681 (-2.0%)	32,719 → 33,299 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$44,185 → $54,973 (+24.4%)	$42,206 → $58,133 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $159,500 (+53.7%)	$122,600 → $178,500 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $760 (+11.8%)	$647 → $796 (+23.0%)

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

Rhea County

Population

32,71933,299

Median household income

$42,206$58,133

Median home value

$122,600$178,500

Median gross rent

$647$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyer County	Rhea County
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.9%
75 and over	7.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer County	Rhea County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	87.5%
Black or African American	14.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer County	Rhea County
No high school diploma	10.8%	15.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer County	Rhea County
Drove alone	88.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer County	Rhea County
1-unit, detached	78.0%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Dyer County	Rhea County
Poverty rate	17.9%	15.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1977	1991