Lewis County vs Stewart County

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

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

Stewart County has the higher population (13,859 vs 12,784 in Lewis County). Stewart County has the higher median household income ($62,052 vs $49,477 in Lewis County). Stewart County has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $157,800 in Lewis County).

Population, income & housing

	Lewis County	Stewart County
Population	12,784	13,859
Median age	42.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,477	$62,052
Median home value	$157,800	$182,700
Median gross rent	$735	$837
Housing units	5,746	6,698
Homeownership rate	80.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewis County	Stewart County
Population	12,027 → 12,784 (+6.3%)	13,427 → 13,859 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$37,277 → $49,477 (+32.7%)	$45,809 → $62,052 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $157,800 (+65.1%)	$123,100 → $182,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $735 (+26.7%)	$644 → $837 (+30.0%)

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

Stewart County

Population

13,42713,859

Median household income

$45,809$62,052

Median home value

$123,100$182,700

Median gross rent

$644$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewis County	Stewart County
Under 5	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.9%
75 and over	8.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewis County	Stewart County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewis County	Stewart County
No high school diploma	14.6%	10.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewis County	Stewart County
Drove alone	83.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	4.6%
Other means	2.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewis County	Stewart County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	26.6%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Lewis County	Stewart County
Poverty rate	15.9%	12.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	36	38
Median year structure built	1990	1989