Morgan County vs Overton County

A side-by-side comparison of Morgan County and Overton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Overton County has the higher population (22,807 vs 21,193 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($57,408 vs $46,159 in Overton County). Overton County has the higher median home value ($171,700 vs $144,000 in Morgan County).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan County	Overton County
Population	21,193	22,807
Median age	42.5 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,408	$46,159
Median home value	$144,000	$171,700
Median gross rent	$742	$833
Housing units	8,550	10,368
Homeownership rate	84.3%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan County	Overton County
Population	21,545 → 21,193 (-1.6%)	22,068 → 22,807 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$41,333 → $57,408 (+38.9%)	$37,197 → $46,159 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $144,000 (+41.2%)	$124,900 → $171,700 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $742 (+8.6%)	$545 → $833 (+52.8%)

Morgan County

Population

21,54521,193

Median household income

$41,333$57,408

Median home value

$102,000$144,000

Median gross rent

$683$742

Overton County

Population

22,06822,807

Median household income

$37,197$46,159

Median home value

$124,900$171,700

Median gross rent

$545$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgan County	Overton County
Under 5	4.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.5%
75 and over	7.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan County	Overton County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan County	Overton County
No high school diploma	16.6%	18.2%
High school graduate	43.2%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan County	Overton County
Drove alone	83.7%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan County	Overton County
1-unit, detached	69.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Morgan County	Overton County
Poverty rate	18.8%	18.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1986	1982