Morgan County vs Smith County

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

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

Morgan County has the higher population (21,193 vs 20,196 in Smith County). Smith County has the higher median household income ($62,799 vs $57,408 in Morgan County). Smith County has the higher median home value ($224,500 vs $144,000 in Morgan County).

Population, income & housing

	Morgan County	Smith County
Population	21,193	20,196
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,408	$62,799
Median home value	$144,000	$224,500
Median gross rent	$742	$877
Housing units	8,550	8,649
Homeownership rate	84.3%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgan County	Smith County
Population	21,545 → 21,193 (-1.6%)	19,740 → 20,196 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$41,333 → $57,408 (+38.9%)	$48,068 → $62,799 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$102,000 → $144,000 (+41.2%)	$146,900 → $224,500 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $742 (+8.6%)	$621 → $877 (+41.2%)

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

Smith County

Population

19,74020,196

Median household income

$48,068$62,799

Median home value

$146,900$224,500

Median gross rent

$621$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgan County	Smith County
Under 5	4.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.2%
75 and over	7.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgan County	Smith County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	90.5%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgan County	Smith County
No high school diploma	16.6%	12.7%
High school graduate	43.2%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgan County	Smith County
Drove alone	83.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgan County	Smith County
1-unit, detached	69.3%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	26.7%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Morgan County	Smith County
Poverty rate	18.8%	13.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1986	1985