The median income of Van Buren County residents was an inflation-adjusted $20,746 per year. Van Buren County had 2,156 households in 2017, with a population of 5,675.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Williamson County. Williamson County's median income was $42,496 per year after adjusting for inflation – $21,750 more than Van Buren County. It had 73,160 households in 2017 and a population of 212,161.
Fentress County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in Tennessee, with a median income of only $15,980 per year. That was $4,766 less than the median income in Van Buren County at the time. Fentress County had 7,385 households in 2017 and a population of 17,940.
The table below shows the state's counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.
Rank | County | Earnings per resident ($$$) |
---|---|---|
1 | Williamson County | 42,496 |
2 | Wilson County | 33,002 |
3 | Rutherford County | 30,492 |
4 | Sumner County | 30,223 |
5 | Davidson County | 30,041 |
6 | Robertson County | 29,198 |
7 | Montgomery County | 28,264 |
8 | Cheatham County | 28,255 |
9 | Moore County | 28,088 |
10 | Fayette County | 28,002 |
11 | Tipton County | 27,810 |
12 | Knox County | 26,972 |
13 | Maury County | 26,774 |
14 | Loudon County | 26,508 |
15 | Shelby County | 26,314 |
16 | Hamilton County | 26,269 |
17 | Marshall County | 25,843 |
18 | Blount County | 25,185 |
19 | Dickson County | 25,139 |
20 | Cannon County | 25,002 |
21 | Smith County | 24,904 |
22 | Lincoln County | 24,527 |
23 | Madison County | 24,466 |
24 | Dyer County | 24,388 |
25 | Bradley County | 24,384 |
26 | Anderson County | 24,066 |
27 | Coffee County | 24,035 |
28 | Bedford County | 24,018 |
29 | Polk County | 23,539 |
30 | Henderson County | 23,431 |
31 | Roane County | 23,389 |
32 | Washington County | 23,043 |
33 | Giles County | 23,012 |
34 | Trousdale County | 23,009 |
35 | DeKalb County | 22,926 |
36 | Stewart County | 22,623 |
37 | Sullivan County | 22,594 |
38 | Franklin County | 22,427 |
39 | Crockett County | 22,369 |
40 | Lawrence County | 22,351 |
41 | Chester County | 22,200 |
42 | Cumberland County | 22,122 |
43 | Grainger County | 22,117 |
44 | Sevier County | 22,110 |
45 | Hamblen County | 22,059 |
46 | Marion County | 21,976 |
47 | Gibson County | 21,905 |
48 | Union County | 21,887 |
49 | Humphreys County | 21,879 |
50 | Sequatchie County | 21,804 |
51 | Warren County | 21,781 |
52 | Obion County | 21,763 |
53 | Henry County | 21,718 |
54 | Jefferson County | 21,667 |
55 | Meigs County | 21,658 |
56 | Haywood County | 21,658 |
57 | Rhea County | 21,290 |
58 | Putnam County | 21,232 |
59 | Houston County | 21,178 |
60 | Decatur County | 21,069 |
61 | Hawkins County | 20,990 |
62 | Macon County | 20,958 |
63 | Overton County | 20,938 |
64 | McMinn County | 20,867 |
65 | Bledsoe County | 20,816 |
66 | Pickett County | 20,801 |
67 | Hickman County | 20,780 |
68 | Van Buren County | 20,746 |
69 | Greene County | 20,732 |
70 | Monroe County | 20,689 |
71 | Hardin County | 20,645 |
72 | Lewis County | 20,592 |
73 | Morgan County | 20,386 |
74 | Lauderdale County | 20,372 |
75 | Weakley County | 20,094 |
76 | Carroll County | 20,044 |
77 | White County | 19,854 |
78 | Campbell County | 19,612 |
79 | Unicoi County | 19,529 |
80 | McNairy County | 19,243 |
81 | Claiborne County | 19,243 |
82 | Carter County | 19,205 |
83 | Cocke County | 19,181 |
84 | Benton County | 19,131 |
85 | Hardeman County | 18,918 |
86 | Wayne County | 18,794 |
87 | Perry County | 18,726 |
88 | Scott County | 18,682 |
89 | Clay County | 18,331 |
90 | Jackson County | 18,122 |
91 | Hancock County | 17,102 |
92 | Lake County | 16,770 |
93 | Johnson County | 16,572 |
94 | Grundy County | 15,981 |
95 | Fentress County | 15,980 |