Grundy County vs Lewis County

A side-by-side comparison of Grundy County and Lewis County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grundy County has the higher population (13,665 vs 12,784 in Lewis County). Lewis County has the higher median household income ($49,477 vs $45,573 in Grundy County). Lewis County has the higher median home value ($157,800 vs $133,400 in Grundy County).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy County	Lewis County
Population	13,665	12,784
Median age	42.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,573	$49,477
Median home value	$133,400	$157,800
Median gross rent	$723	$735
Housing units	6,213	5,746
Homeownership rate	83.2%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy County	Lewis County
Population	13,344 → 13,665 (+2.4%)	12,027 → 12,784 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$40,516 → $45,573 (+12.5%)	$37,277 → $49,477 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $133,400 (+53.0%)	$95,600 → $157,800 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $723 (+14.9%)	$580 → $735 (+26.7%)

Grundy County

Population

13,34413,665

Median household income

$40,516$45,573

Median home value

$87,200$133,400

Median gross rent

$629$723

Lewis County

Population

12,02712,784

Median household income

$37,277$49,477

Median home value

$95,600$157,800

Median gross rent

$580$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy County	Lewis County
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy County	Lewis County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy County	Lewis County
No high school diploma	20.0%	14.6%
High school graduate	44.8%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy County	Lewis County
Drove alone	78.7%	83.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	6.8%
Other means	1.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy County	Lewis County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Grundy County	Lewis County
Poverty rate	19.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1984	1990