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Erwin, TN

5,988 Population
4.1 square miles 1,451.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.4
  • 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

$29,881 ±$3,349 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: $34,444 ±$982
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,487 ±$14,108 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: $57,762 ±$1,796
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±4.3% (730  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 15.9% 32,369 (±1.2% / ±2,408)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±4.8 (55,135  ±13,820) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 22.7 1,917,020 (±0.6 / ±63,316)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,611 ±211 Number of households
  • the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 88,979 ±811
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (5,775  ±66) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 2.3 204,091 (±0 / ±80)
  • 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

1.2% ±1.5% (19  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 3.6% † 1,760 (±0.5% / ±243)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,864 ±194 Number of housing units
  • the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 98,944 ±96
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$180,900 ±$18,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: $219,200 ±$5,494
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±4.9% (581  ±292.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 13% 27,086 (±0.9% / ±1,908.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.4% ±8.6% (3,860  ±432) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 90.4% 135,267 (±1.8% / ±2,768.7)
  • 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)
18.1% ±4.3% (807  ±198.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 29.3% 43,853 (±1.1% / ±1,624.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about half 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% ±2.2% (170  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 2.8% 5,993
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±2.9% (464  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Johnson City, TN Metro Area: 8.7% 14,948 (±0.5% / ±911)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
464 Total veterans ±145 464 Male ±145 N/A Female ±20

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