Lake County vs Perry County

A side-by-side comparison of Lake County and Perry County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Perry County has the higher population (8,561 vs 6,691 in Lake County). Perry County has the higher median household income ($50,489 vs $30,500 in Lake County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $107,000 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Perry County
Population	6,691	8,561
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,500	$50,489
Median home value	$107,000	$113,800
Median gross rent	$472	$747
Housing units	2,497	4,830
Homeownership rate	45.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Perry County
Population	7,401 → 6,691 (-9.6%)	7,962 → 8,561 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$35,191 → $30,500 (-13.3%)	$41,034 → $50,489 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $107,000 (+31.6%)	$88,100 → $113,800 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $472 (-9.1%)	$613 → $747 (+21.9%)

Lake County

Population

7,4016,691

Median household income

$35,191$30,500

Median home value

$81,300$107,000

Median gross rent

$519$472

Perry County

Population

7,9628,561

Median household income

$41,034$50,489

Median home value

$88,100$113,800

Median gross rent

$613$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Perry County
Under 5	4.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.2%
75 and over	6.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	22.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Perry County
No high school diploma	28.2%	17.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Perry County
Drove alone	81.9%	72.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	10.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	68.8%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Perry County
Poverty rate	32.3%	17.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1974	1987