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White County, TN

27,764 Population
376.7 square miles 73.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,427 ±$2,413 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$52,206 ±$6,604 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.8% ±2.6% (4,038  ±715) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25.1 minutes ±1.6 (266,555  ±22,595) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

11,001 ±324 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (27,434  ±7) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.2% ±1.7% (249  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

12,158 ±22 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$190,200 ±$16,374 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.9% ±2.9% (3,541  ±804.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

83.4% ±4.6% (16,606  ±927) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
14.2% ±1.9% (2,823  ±380.4) 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

1.5% (410  ±179) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.4% ±1.7% (1,810  ±358) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,810 Total veterans ±358 1,723 Male ±331 87 Female ±76

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