Grundy County vs Meigs County

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

Grundy County and Meigs 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 13,076 in Meigs County). Meigs County has the higher median household income ($58,395 vs $45,573 in Grundy County). Meigs County has the higher median home value ($185,500 vs $133,400 in Grundy County).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy County	Meigs County
Population	13,665	13,076
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,573	$58,395
Median home value	$133,400	$185,500
Median gross rent	$723	$845
Housing units	6,213	6,164
Homeownership rate	83.2%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy County	Meigs County
Population	13,344 → 13,665 (+2.4%)	12,104 → 13,076 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$40,516 → $45,573 (+12.5%)	$49,167 → $58,395 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $133,400 (+53.0%)	$136,600 → $185,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $723 (+14.9%)	$726 → $845 (+16.4%)

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

Meigs County

Population

12,10413,076

Median household income

$49,167$58,395

Median home value

$136,600$185,500

Median gross rent

$726$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy County	Meigs County
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.3%
75 and over	8.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy County	Meigs County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy County	Meigs County
No high school diploma	20.0%	17.1%
High school graduate	44.8%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy County	Meigs County
Drove alone	78.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	12.9%	15.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy County	Meigs County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Grundy County	Meigs County
Poverty rate	19.2%	14.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1984	1993