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Morristown, TN

30,983 Population
27.9 square miles 1,111.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 42 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,785 ±$3,249 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
$44,811 ±$4,167 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $58,130 ±$2,174
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

25.4% ±3.9% (7,632  ±1,161) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 14.6% † 17,199 (±1.6% / ±1,908)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

20.7 minutes ±1.4 (254,205  ±23,048) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 25.1 1,260,595 (±0.9 / ±59,829)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

12,466 ±446 Number of households
  • the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 47,109 ±658
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.4 ±0.1 (30,300  ±71) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 2.5 118,396 (±0 / ±59)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

5.1% ±3% (342  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 5.2% † 1,339 (±1.4% / ±358)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

13,867 ±424 Number of housing units
  • the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 53,028 ±62
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$155,700 ±$12,600 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: $198,000 ±$6,385
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

9.6% ±2.1% (2,925  ±655.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 10.2% † 12,132 (±1.1% / ±1,324)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

83.7% ±4.6% (17,131  ±1,056.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 88% 74,380 (±2.3% / ±1,961.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
14.8% ±2.2% (3,018  ±456.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 20.5% 17,346 (±1.2% / ±1,018.1)
  • about half 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

11.9% ±2.2% (3,698  ±685) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 4.9% 5,961
  • about double the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

7.9% ±1.5% (1,805  ±350) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morristown, TN Metro Area: 9.1% 8,548 (±0.7% / ±679)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
1,805 Total veterans ±350 1,638 Male ±304 167 Female ±110

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