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Big Sandy, TN

507 Population
0.6 square miles 807.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±17.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Benton County: 47.8 ±0.7
  • 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

$23,376 ±$5,385 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Benton County: $30,044 ±$2,398
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,500 ±$16,578 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Benton County: $51,746 † ±$7,216
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.5% ±11.4% (94  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Benton County: 17.9% † 2,829 (±2.9% / ±464)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±2.8 (4,835  ±2,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Benton County: 26.5 † 151,290 (±2.8 / ±19,149)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

232 ±67 Number of households
  • Benton County: 7,121 ±272
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (507  ±174) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Benton County: 2.2 15,820 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

314 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Benton County: 8,569 ±20
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$70,000 ±$38,903 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Benton County: $153,600 ±$12,015
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±5.6% (32  ±30.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Benton County: 13.1% † 2,085 (±3.3% / ±516.2)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±34.9% (328  ±88.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Benton County: 88.5% 10,343 (±5% / ±591.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.1% ±8.8% (23  ±33.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Benton County: 12.8% † 1,498 (±2% / ±238.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-fifth 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

1% ±1.7% (5  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Benton County: 2.5% 407
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.4% ±6.5% (48  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Benton County: 6.8% † 873 (±1.3% / ±164)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
48 Total veterans ±29 47 Male ±29 1 Female ±5

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