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Parsons, TN

2,686 Population
4 square miles 663.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Decatur County: 45.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,944 ±$4,786 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Decatur County: $26,884 ±$2,057
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,154 ±$10,568 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Decatur County: $45,375 † ±$5,287
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.3% ±8.6% (658  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Decatur County: 22.2% † 2,523 (±3.9% / ±447)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±4.1 (22,790  ±6,425) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Decatur County: 26.8 113,415 (±1.4 / ±9,494)
  • 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

1,064 ±197 Number of households
  • Decatur County: 4,568 ±215
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.6 (2,597  ±432) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Decatur County: 2.5 11,395 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±5.8% (25  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Decatur County: 8.1% † 183 (±3.8% / ±86)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,248 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Decatur County: 6,591 ±19
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$118,100 ±$28,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Decatur County: $139,600 † ±$16,377
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±5.1% (278  ±142.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Decatur County: 7.8% † 901 (±2% / ±233.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.5% ±1.1% (1,551  ±251.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Decatur County: 84.1% 7,196 (±5.1% / ±443)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.4% ±4% (165  ±84.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Decatur County: 14% † 1,200 (±2.4% / ±204.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-quarter of 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

6.6% ±5.5% (176  ±150) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Decatur County: 2.4% 273
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±2.8% (93  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Decatur County: 5.2% † 484 (±1.1% / ±105)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
93 Total veterans ±61 84 Male ±58 9 Female ±10

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