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Jefferson City, TN

8,579 Population
7 square miles 1,223.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,803 ±$4,426 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $33,523 ±$2,123
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,638 ±$11,637 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $60,553 ±$2,081
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19% ±6.8% (1,427  ±509) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 15.2% 18,131 (±1.5% / ±1,763)
  • 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)

26.7 minutes ±3.7 (115,380  ±18,737) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 26.3 1,347,530 (±1 / ±63,302)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,188 ±253 Number of households
  • the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 47,963 ±632
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (7,471  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 2.5 120,281 (±0 / ±52)
  • 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

1.8% ±2.5% (44  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,462 (±1.1% / ±301)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,418 ±241 Number of housing units
  • the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 53,727 ±123
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$213,200 ±$25,291 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $218,100 ±$7,194
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±4.5% (1,180  ±382.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 9.5% † 11,478 (±1.1% / ±1,303.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.9% ±9.8% (4,857  ±599.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 88.7% 76,313 (±2.5% / ±2,140.6)
  • 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)
19.6% ±4.9% (1,070  ±273.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 20.4% 17,572 (±1.2% / ±1,034.9)
  • 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

3.2% ±1.7% (276  ±146) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 5.1% 6,292
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.8% (517  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 8.8% 8,386 (±0.9% / ±812)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
517 Total veterans ±195 422 Male ±151 95 Female ±78

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