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Morristown, TN

31,527 Population
27.9 square miles 1,131.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 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

Economics

$26,504 ±$1,950 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $33,523 ±$2,123
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$47,917 ±$5,864 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $60,553 ±$2,081
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

26% ±4.5% (7,927  ±1,375) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 15.2% 18,131 (±1.5% / ±1,763)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

21.5 minutes ±2.5 (264,890  ±35,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 26.3 1,347,530 (±1 / ±63,302)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

12,282 ±396 Number of households
  • the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 47,963 ±632
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.5 ±0.1 (30,918  ±69) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 2.5 120,281 (±0 / ±52)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

6.3% ±2.7% (461  ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,462 (±1.1% / ±301)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

13,559 ±403 Number of housing units
  • the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 53,727 ±123
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$181,100 ±$16,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $218,100 ±$7,194
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

8.3% ±2.1% (2,583  ±664.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 9.5% † 11,478 (±1.1% / ±1,303.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

85.3% ±5.3% (17,281  ±1,164.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 88.7% 76,313 (±2.5% / ±2,140.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
15% ±2.3% (3,034  ±478.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 20.4% 17,572 (±1.2% / ±1,034.9)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.4% ±2.1% (3,906  ±651) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 5.1% 6,292
  • about double the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

7.8% ±1.4% (1,810  ±329) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 8.8% 8,386 (±0.9% / ±812)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
1,810 Total veterans ±329 1,600 Male ±293 210 Female ±143

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