Scott County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Scott County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Scott County has the higher population (21,969 vs 20,141 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($61,858 vs $42,679 in Scott County). Union County has the higher median home value ($186,300 vs $116,800 in Scott County).

Population, income & housing

	Scott County	Union County
Population	21,969	20,141
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,679	$61,858
Median home value	$116,800	$186,300
Median gross rent	$691	$849
Housing units	9,851	9,719
Homeownership rate	71.8%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Scott County	Union County
Population	21,969 → 21,969 (+0.0%)	19,488 → 20,141 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$38,864 → $42,679 (+9.8%)	$44,671 → $61,858 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $116,800 (+18.0%)	$124,700 → $186,300 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$556 → $691 (+24.3%)	$685 → $849 (+23.9%)

Scott County

Population

21,96921,969

Median household income

$38,864$42,679

Median home value

$99,000$116,800

Median gross rent

$556$691

Union County

Population

19,48820,141

Median household income

$44,671$61,858

Median home value

$124,700$186,300

Median gross rent

$685$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Scott County	Union County
Under 5	6.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.6%
75 and over	6.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Scott County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Scott County	Union County
No high school diploma	19.5%	16.7%
High school graduate	48.3%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Scott County	Union County
Drove alone	85.6%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	11.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Scott County	Union County
1-unit, detached	64.8%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.1%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Scott County	Union County
Poverty rate	24.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1987	1993