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Dyersburg, TN

15,979 Population
17.3 square miles 922.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.6
  • 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

$43,974 ±$16,888 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: $37,772 † ±$7,438
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,064 ±$7,976 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: $58,154 ±$3,239
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.6% ±4% (3,333  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 16.3% † 5,862 (±2.4% / ±843)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.8 minutes ±2.7 (103,005  ±19,127) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 19.8 299,630 (±1.4 / ±24,975)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,732 ±370 Number of households
  • the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 14,769 ±384
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (15,454  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 2.4 35,961 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±2.7% (121  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 3.8% † 320 (±1.6% / ±133)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,538 ±330 Number of housing units
  • the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 16,311 ±25
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,300 ±$12,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: $166,400 ±$9,939
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±3.2% (1,686  ±500.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 11.2% † 4,060 (±2.2% / ±792.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.2% ±6.9% (9,484  ±802.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 89.3% 22,296 (±4.9% / ±1,228)
  • 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)
21.9% ±3.6% (2,356  ±393.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 21.1% † 5,271 (±2.5% / ±623.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.9% ±1.4% (460  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 2% 744
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.8% (655  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dyersburg, TN Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,883 (±1% / ±288)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
655 Total veterans ±214 553 Male ±187 102 Female ±102

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