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District 5, Carter County, TN

8,062 Population
9.6 square miles 835.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Carter County: 45.8 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,832 ±$2,678 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Carter County: $29,232 ±$1,356
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$48,442 ±$8,338 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Carter County: $48,435 ±$3,352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

17.3% ±5.4% (1,287  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Carter County: 18% 9,851 (±1.7% / ±933)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

20.4 minutes ±2.5 (67,655  ±13,057) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Carter County: 24.2 512,405 (±0.8 / ±27,792)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

3,224 ±298 Number of households
  • Carter County: 24,188 ±420
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.3 ±0.3 (7,413  ±644) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Carter County: 2.3 54,967 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

2.7% ±3.3% (67  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carter County: 4.8% † 588 (±1.4% / ±168)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

3,594 ±273 Number of housing units
  • Carter County: 27,982 ±69
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$186,800 ±$12,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Carter County: $157,200 ±$5,567
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

13% ±3.8% (1,049  ±318.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Carter County: 9.5% † 5,308 (±1.3% / ±714.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

92.2% ±5.3% (5,125  ±508.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Carter County: 88.7% 37,201 (±3% / ±1,282)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
30.1% ±4.3% (1,675  ±275) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Carter County: 20.7% 8,668 (±1.5% / ±637.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

6.1% ±3% (495  ±247) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Carter County: 2.1% 1,170
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

6.7% ±1.8% (460  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carter County: 8.6% 3,983 (±0.8% / ±375)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
460 Total veterans ±129 450 Male ±128 10 Female ±17

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