Fentress County vs Johnson County

A side-by-side comparison of Fentress County and Johnson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fentress County has the higher population (18,948 vs 18,073 in Johnson County). Johnson County has the higher median household income ($52,152 vs $50,865 in Fentress County). Johnson County has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $151,800 in Fentress County).

Population, income & housing

	Fentress County	Johnson County
Population	18,948	18,073
Median age	47.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,865	$52,152
Median home value	$151,800	$175,500
Median gross rent	$614	$639
Housing units	9,228	8,755
Homeownership rate	80.6%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fentress County	Johnson County
Population	18,213 → 18,948 (+4.0%)	17,753 → 18,073 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$36,520 → $50,865 (+39.3%)	$36,004 → $52,152 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $151,800 (+37.5%)	$133,100 → $175,500 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $614 (+16.7%)	$545 → $639 (+17.2%)

Fentress County

Population

18,21318,948

Median household income

$36,520$50,865

Median home value

$110,400$151,800

Median gross rent

$526$614

Johnson County

Population

17,75318,073

Median household income

$36,004$52,152

Median home value

$133,100$175,500

Median gross rent

$545$639

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fentress County	Johnson County
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.8%
75 and over	9.0%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fentress County	Johnson County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fentress County	Johnson County
No high school diploma	16.8%	18.7%
High school graduate	42.2%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fentress County	Johnson County
Drove alone	83.9%	78.6%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fentress County	Johnson County
1-unit, detached	73.9%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Fentress County	Johnson County
Poverty rate	20.9%	22.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1988	1980