Jefferson County vs Loudon County

A side-by-side comparison of Jefferson County and Loudon County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loudon County has the higher population (56,996 vs 55,835 in Jefferson County). Loudon County has the higher median household income ($80,296 vs $63,084 in Jefferson County). Loudon County has the higher median home value ($292,600 vs $210,000 in Jefferson County).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson County	Loudon County
Population	55,835	56,996
Median age	44.1 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,084	$80,296
Median home value	$210,000	$292,600
Median gross rent	$880	$995
Housing units	25,223	25,415
Homeownership rate	74.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson County	Loudon County
Population	53,679 → 55,835 (+4.0%)	52,340 → 56,996 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$49,139 → $63,084 (+28.4%)	$58,065 → $80,296 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$146,300 → $210,000 (+43.5%)	$222,500 → $292,600 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $880 (+29.2%)	$802 → $995 (+24.1%)

Jefferson County

Population

53,67955,835

Median household income

$49,139$63,084

Median home value

$146,300$210,000

Median gross rent

$681$880

Loudon County

Population

52,34056,996

Median household income

$58,065$80,296

Median home value

$222,500$292,600

Median gross rent

$802$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jefferson County	Loudon County
Under 5	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	16.1%
75 and over	8.2%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson County	Loudon County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	85.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson County	Loudon County
No high school diploma	11.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson County	Loudon County
Drove alone	84.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jefferson County	Loudon County
1-unit, detached	68.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	21.7%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Jefferson County	Loudon County
Poverty rate	11.5%	12.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1990	1991