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Anderson County, TN

80,234 Population
337.2 square miles 237.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,600 ±$4,964 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$57,652 ±$6,940 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.2% ±3.5% (12,021  ±2,801) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.7 minutes ±0.8 (768,750  ±36,239) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

33,521 ±1,154 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (79,110  ±40) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.6% ±2.8% (616  ±483) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

36,238 ±42 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$243,700 ±$20,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.4% ±4.1% (11,478  ±3,297.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

89.4% ±5.8% (51,298  ±3,370.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
29.6% ±3.5% (17,014  ±2,031.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% (2,041  ±873) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.1% ±1.8% (5,135  ±1,132) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,135 Total veterans ±1,132 4,425 Male ±984 710 Female ±570

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