Lincoln County vs Marshall County

A side-by-side comparison of Lincoln County and Marshall County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lincoln County has the higher population (35,617 vs 35,276 in Marshall County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($70,829 vs $63,115 in Lincoln County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($246,100 vs $209,100 in Lincoln County).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln County	Marshall County
Population	35,617	35,276
Median age	43.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,115	$70,829
Median home value	$209,100	$246,100
Median gross rent	$782	$924
Housing units	16,124	14,521
Homeownership rate	77.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln County	Marshall County
Population	33,924 → 35,617 (+5.0%)	32,965 → 35,276 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$49,485 → $63,115 (+27.5%)	$53,197 → $70,829 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $209,100 (+54.1%)	$136,400 → $246,100 (+80.4%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $782 (+14.2%)	$763 → $924 (+21.1%)

Lincoln County

Population

33,92435,617

Median household income

$49,485$63,115

Median home value

$135,700$209,100

Median gross rent

$685$782

Marshall County

Population

32,96535,276

Median household income

$53,197$70,829

Median home value

$136,400$246,100

Median gross rent

$763$924

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln County	Marshall County
Under 5	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln County	Marshall County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln County	Marshall County
No high school diploma	13.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln County	Marshall County
Drove alone	83.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	12.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln County	Marshall County
1-unit, detached	79.2%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln County	Marshall County
Poverty rate	12.4%	14.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1986	1991