Grundy County vs Trousdale County

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

Grundy County and Trousdale 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 11,805 in Trousdale County). Trousdale County has the higher median household income ($63,190 vs $45,573 in Grundy County). Trousdale County has the higher median home value ($284,100 vs $133,400 in Grundy County).

Population, income & housing

	Grundy County	Trousdale County
Population	13,665	11,805
Median age	42.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,573	$63,190
Median home value	$133,400	$284,100
Median gross rent	$723	$805
Housing units	6,213	3,866
Homeownership rate	83.2%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grundy County	Trousdale County
Population	13,344 → 13,665 (+2.4%)	10,231 → 11,805 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$40,516 → $45,573 (+12.5%)	$56,321 → $63,190 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $133,400 (+53.0%)	$155,700 → $284,100 (+82.5%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $723 (+14.9%)	$787 → $805 (+2.3%)

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

Trousdale County

Population

10,23111,805

Median household income

$56,321$63,190

Median home value

$155,700$284,100

Median gross rent

$787$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grundy County	Trousdale County
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	22.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.0%
75 and over	8.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grundy County	Trousdale County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grundy County	Trousdale County
No high school diploma	20.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	44.8%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grundy County	Trousdale County
Drove alone	78.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	4.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grundy County	Trousdale County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Grundy County	Trousdale County
Poverty rate	19.2%	10.3%
Average household size	2.64	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1984	1987