Grundy County vs Stewart County

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

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

Stewart County has the higher population (13,859 vs 13,665 in Grundy County). Stewart County has the higher median household income ($62,052 vs $45,573 in Grundy County). Stewart County has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $133,400 in Grundy County).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy County	Stewart County
Population	13,665	13,859
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,573	$62,052
Median home value	$133,400	$182,700
Median gross rent	$723	$837
Housing units	6,213	6,698
Homeownership rate	83.2%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy County	Stewart County
Population	13,344 → 13,665 (+2.4%)	13,427 → 13,859 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$40,516 → $45,573 (+12.5%)	$45,809 → $62,052 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $133,400 (+53.0%)	$123,100 → $182,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $723 (+14.9%)	$644 → $837 (+30.0%)

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

Stewart County

Population

13,42713,859

Median household income

$45,809$62,052

Median home value

$123,100$182,700

Median gross rent

$644$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy County	Stewart County
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.9%
75 and over	8.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy County	Stewart County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy County	Stewart County
No high school diploma	20.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	44.8%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy County	Stewart County
Drove alone	78.7%	79.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.6%
Other means	1.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy County	Stewart County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Grundy County	Stewart County
Poverty rate	19.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.64	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1984	1989