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Polk County, TN

17,702 Population
434.6 square miles 40.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,714 ±$2,638 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$60,227 ±$7,411 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.3% ±2.2% (2,314  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

31.5 minutes ±2.6 (218,285  ±21,385) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,144 ±260 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (17,471  ±10) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4% ±2.1% (144  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

8,856 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$136,400 ±$17,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.3% ±3.3% (2,153  ±573.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.7% ±5.2% (11,158  ±684) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.7% ±2.1% (1,911  ±271) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1% (174  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.4% ±1.2% (920  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
920 Total veterans ±171 883 Male ±166 37 Female ±23

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