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Big Sandy, TN

589 Population
0.6 square miles 938.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±18.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Benton County: 47.5 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,760 ±$4,535 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Benton County: $28,169 ±$2,038
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$43,036 ±$14,428 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Benton County: $50,435 † ±$7,378
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

17.3% ±7.3% (102  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Benton County: 18.5% † 2,920 (±3.6% / ±573)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

28.3 minutes ±4.2 (6,575  ±3,241) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Benton County: 25.7 142,465 (±2 / ±14,667)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

259 ±75 Number of households
  • Benton County: 6,928 ±292
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.3 ±0.7 (589  ±241) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Benton County: 2.3 15,765 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

348 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Benton County: 8,544 ±27
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$62,300 ±$14,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Benton County: $123,400 † ±$18,150
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

6.8% ±4.9% (40  ±33) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Benton County: 11.2% † 1,781 (±2.8% / ±449.1)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

85.2% ±33.2% (335  ±81.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Benton County: 87.2% 10,064 (±4.7% / ±549.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
7.1% ±8.5% (28  ±34.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Benton County: 12.4% † 1,435 (±2% / ±234.4)
  • about one-quarter of 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

0.7% ±1% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Benton County: 1.9% 296
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

10.4% ±4.9% (44  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Benton County: 6.5% † 820 (±1.1% / ±135)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
44 Total veterans ±25 37 Male ±19 7 Female ±10

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