Haywood County vs Unicoi County

A side-by-side comparison of Haywood County and Unicoi County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Unicoi County has the higher population (17,779 vs 17,672 in Haywood County). Unicoi County has the higher median household income ($50,381 vs $43,513 in Haywood County). Unicoi County has the higher median home value ($168,200 vs $119,600 in Haywood County).

Population, income & housing

	Haywood County	Unicoi County
Population	17,672	17,779
Median age	43.1 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,513	$50,381
Median home value	$119,600	$168,200
Median gross rent	$725	$665
Housing units	8,247	8,740
Homeownership rate	57.3%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haywood County	Unicoi County
Population	17,623 → 17,672 (+0.3%)	17,811 → 17,779 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$37,905 → $43,513 (+14.8%)	$41,890 → $50,381 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$100,700 → $119,600 (+18.8%)	$129,500 → $168,200 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $725 (+11.4%)	$630 → $665 (+5.6%)

Haywood County

Population

17,62317,672

Median household income

$37,905$43,513

Median home value

$100,700$119,600

Median gross rent

$651$725

Unicoi County

Population

17,81117,779

Median household income

$41,890$50,381

Median home value

$129,500$168,200

Median gross rent

$630$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haywood County	Unicoi County
Under 5	5.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	13.7%
75 and over	7.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haywood County	Unicoi County
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	90.6%
Black or African American	50.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haywood County	Unicoi County
No high school diploma	17.2%	12.0%
High school graduate	46.2%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haywood County	Unicoi County
Drove alone	82.2%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.3%
Other means	3.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haywood County	Unicoi County
1-unit, detached	72.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Haywood County	Unicoi County
Poverty rate	22.8%	14.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1977	1976