Meigs County vs Stewart County

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

Meigs 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 13,076 in Meigs County). Stewart County has the higher median household income ($62,052 vs $58,395 in Meigs County). Meigs County has the higher median home value ($185,500 vs $182,700 in Stewart County).

Population, income & housing

	Meigs County	Stewart County
Population	13,076	13,859
Median age	45.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,395	$62,052
Median home value	$185,500	$182,700
Median gross rent	$845	$837
Housing units	6,164	6,698
Homeownership rate	76.9%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meigs County	Stewart County
Population	12,104 → 13,076 (+8.0%)	13,427 → 13,859 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $58,395 (+18.8%)	$45,809 → $62,052 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$136,600 → $185,500 (+35.8%)	$123,100 → $182,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $845 (+16.4%)	$644 → $837 (+30.0%)

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

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)

	Meigs County	Stewart County
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.9%
75 and over	8.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meigs County	Stewart County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meigs County	Stewart County
No high school diploma	17.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	45.3%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meigs County	Stewart County
Drove alone	75.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	15.9%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meigs County	Stewart County
1-unit, detached	63.5%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Meigs County	Stewart County
Poverty rate	14.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1993	1989