Lake County vs Van Buren County

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

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

Lake County has the higher population (6,691 vs 6,293 in Van Buren County). Van Buren County has the higher median household income ($60,281 vs $30,500 in Lake County). Van Buren County has the higher median home value ($149,200 vs $107,000 in Lake County).

Population, income & housing

	Lake County	Van Buren County
Population	6,691	6,293
Median age	41.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,500	$60,281
Median home value	$107,000	$149,200
Median gross rent	$472	$705
Housing units	2,497	2,915
Homeownership rate	45.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake County	Van Buren County
Population	7,401 → 6,691 (-9.6%)	5,760 → 6,293 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$35,191 → $30,500 (-13.3%)	$42,724 → $60,281 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $107,000 (+31.6%)	$98,000 → $149,200 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $472 (-9.1%)	$511 → $705 (+38.0%)

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

Van Buren County

Population

5,7606,293

Median household income

$42,724$60,281

Median home value

$98,000$149,200

Median gross rent

$511$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake County	Van Buren County
Under 5	4.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	14.8%
75 and over	6.4%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake County	Van Buren County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	95.1%
Black or African American	22.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake County	Van Buren County
No high school diploma	28.2%	15.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake County	Van Buren County
Drove alone	81.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.6%	5.5%
Other means	2.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake County	Van Buren County
1-unit, detached	68.8%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake County	Van Buren County
Poverty rate	32.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1974	1979