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Jefferson City, TN

8,472 Population
7 square miles 1,208.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±3.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 42 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,882 ±$4,094 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $32,354 ±$1,850
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$53,819 ±$10,857 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $58,130 ±$2,174
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

21.1% ±6.8% (1,554  ±503) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 14.6% † 17,199 (±1.6% / ±1,908)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

26.2 minutes ±4.2 (102,565  ±19,345) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 25.1 1,260,595 (±0.9 / ±59,829)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

3,200 ±289 Number of households
  • the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 47,109 ±658
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.3 ±0.2 (7,340  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 2.5 118,396 (±0 / ±59)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

1.7% ±2.7% (42  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 5.2% † 1,339 (±1.4% / ±358)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

3,543 ±282 Number of housing units
  • the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 53,028 ±62
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$205,000 ±$23,100 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $198,000 ±$6,385
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

15.6% ±4.5% (1,316  ±378.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 10.2% † 12,132 (±1.1% / ±1,324)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

87% ±8.6% (4,512  ±549.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 88% 74,380 (±2.3% / ±1,961.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
23.5% ±5.1% (1,220  ±278) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 20.5% 17,346 (±1.2% / ±1,018.1)
  • about three-quarters 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

4% ±2.4% (340  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 4.9% 5,961
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

8% ±3% (548  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 9.1% 8,548 (±0.7% / ±679)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
548 Total veterans ±206 463 Male ±178 85 Female ±72

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