Greene County vs Putnam County

A side-by-side comparison of Greene County and Putnam County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Putnam County has the higher population (81,366 vs 70,919 in Greene County). Putnam County has the higher median household income ($56,537 vs $54,071 in Greene County). Putnam County has the higher median home value ($246,800 vs $186,400 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Putnam County
Population	70,919	81,366
Median age	44.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,071	$56,537
Median home value	$186,400	$246,800
Median gross rent	$713	$881
Housing units	32,470	35,991
Homeownership rate	75.9%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Putnam County
Population	68,834 → 70,919 (+3.0%)	77,447 → 81,366 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$42,595 → $54,071 (+26.9%)	$44,259 → $56,537 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $186,400 (+52.3%)	$159,600 → $246,800 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $713 (+15.0%)	$715 → $881 (+23.2%)

Greene County

Population

68,83470,919

Median household income

$42,595$54,071

Median home value

$122,400$186,400

Median gross rent

$620$713

Putnam County

Population

77,44781,366

Median household income

$44,259$56,537

Median home value

$159,600$246,800

Median gross rent

$715$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Putnam County
Under 5	4.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	14.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.0%
75 and over	8.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Putnam County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Putnam County
No high school diploma	13.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	42.9%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Putnam County
Drove alone	83.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	8.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Putnam County
1-unit, detached	66.8%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Putnam County
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1983	1990