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District 5, Sullivan County, TN

15,376 Population
76 square miles 202.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sullivan County: 45 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,800 ±$3,613 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sullivan County: $35,877 ±$981
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,549 ±$10,054 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sullivan County: $58,807 ±$2,321
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±3% (1,701  ±485) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sullivan County: 15.4% 24,426 (±1.2% / ±1,888)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±4.5 (152,425  ±19,720) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sullivan County: 21.9 1,358,080 (±0.8 / ±61,219)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,043 ±469 Number of households
  • Sullivan County: 68,907 ±781
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (15,361  ±1,461) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sullivan County: 2.3 158,190 (±0 / ±57)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±2.3% (81  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sullivan County: 4.7% † 1,597 (±1.1% / ±356)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,820 ±452 Number of housing units
  • Sullivan County: 76,324 ±125
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$228,100 ±$20,504 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sullivan County: $213,300 ±$6,300
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±2.5% (1,455  ±399.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 10.9% † 17,360 (±1.1% / ±1,764.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±4.5% (9,811  ±859.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sullivan County: 90% 106,212 (±2% / ±2,324.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.3% ±3.7% (2,897  ±455.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sullivan County: 26.8% 31,690 (±1.1% / ±1,291.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.8% ±1.4% (430  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sullivan County: 1.9% 3,001
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.5% (1,030  ±312) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 8.1% 10,568 (±0.6% / ±754)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,030 Total veterans ±312 958 Male ±323 72 Female ±55

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