Greene County vs Tipton County

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

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

Greene County has the higher population (70,919 vs 61,339 in Tipton County). Tipton County has the higher median household income ($71,736 vs $54,071 in Greene County). Tipton County has the higher median home value ($220,100 vs $186,400 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Tipton County
Population	70,919	61,339
Median age	44.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,071	$71,736
Median home value	$186,400	$220,100
Median gross rent	$713	$1,007
Housing units	32,470	24,204
Homeownership rate	75.9%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Tipton County
Population	68,834 → 70,919 (+3.0%)	61,447 → 61,339 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$42,595 → $54,071 (+26.9%)	$61,291 → $71,736 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$122,400 → $186,400 (+52.3%)	$150,000 → $220,100 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $713 (+15.0%)	$825 → $1,007 (+22.1%)

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

Tipton County

Population

61,44761,339

Median household income

$61,291$71,736

Median home value

$150,000$220,100

Median gross rent

$825$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Tipton County
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.5%
75 and over	8.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Tipton County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	73.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Tipton County
No high school diploma	13.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	42.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Tipton County
Drove alone	83.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Tipton County
1-unit, detached	66.8%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Tipton County
Poverty rate	15.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1983	1992