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Oak Ridge, TN

32,693 Population
85.2 square miles 383.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,285 ±$1,878 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $40,856 ±$513
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$72,311 ±$6,124 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $72,422 ±$976
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

12.2% ±2.6% (3,924  ±847) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 12.2% 111,503 (±0.4% / ±3,778)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

21.7 minutes ±0.9 (268,050  ±19,038) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 24.4 9,368,390 (±0.2 / ±133,950)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

14,015 ±399 Number of households
  • the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 378,234 ±1,532
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.3 ±0.1 (32,227  ±55) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 2.4 912,638 (±0 / ±274)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

5.4% ±1.6% (387  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 4.6% 9,784 (±0.4% / ±781)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

15,279 ±485 Number of housing units
  • the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 418,905 ±182
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$270,200 ±$18,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: $290,200 ±$3,868
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

19.7% ±3.5% (6,391  ±1,145.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 11.9% 109,526 (±0.5% / ±4,375.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

92.7% ±3.7% (21,268  ±1,014.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 90.9% 592,375 (±0.9% / ±5,697.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
40.2% ±2.4% (9,236  ±600.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 32.7% 213,237 (±0.5% / ±3,527.9)
  • about 1.3 times 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

5.8% ±1.2% (1,889  ±380) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 4.8% 45,026
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

10% ±1.3% (2,486  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Knoxville, TN Metro Area: 7.5% 55,337 (±0.2% / ±1,791)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
2,486 Total veterans ±335 2,149 Male ±316 337 Female ±117

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