Lewis County vs Meigs County

A side-by-side comparison of Lewis County and Meigs County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meigs County has the higher population (13,076 vs 12,784 in Lewis County). Meigs County has the higher median household income ($58,395 vs $49,477 in Lewis County). Meigs County has the higher median home value ($185,500 vs $157,800 in Lewis County).

Population, income & housing

	Lewis County	Meigs County
Population	12,784	13,076
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,477	$58,395
Median home value	$157,800	$185,500
Median gross rent	$735	$845
Housing units	5,746	6,164
Homeownership rate	80.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewis County	Meigs County
Population	12,027 → 12,784 (+6.3%)	12,104 → 13,076 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$37,277 → $49,477 (+32.7%)	$49,167 → $58,395 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $157,800 (+65.1%)	$136,600 → $185,500 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $735 (+26.7%)	$726 → $845 (+16.4%)

Lewis County

Population

12,02712,784

Median household income

$37,277$49,477

Median home value

$95,600$157,800

Median gross rent

$580$735

Meigs County

Population

12,10413,076

Median household income

$49,167$58,395

Median home value

$136,600$185,500

Median gross rent

$726$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewis County	Meigs County
Under 5	5.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.3%
75 and over	8.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewis County	Meigs County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewis County	Meigs County
No high school diploma	14.6%	17.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewis County	Meigs County
Drove alone	83.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.0%
Other means	2.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewis County	Meigs County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Lewis County	Meigs County
Poverty rate	15.9%	14.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1990	1993