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Tellico Plains, TN

1,124 Population
2 square miles 575.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±9.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,932 ±$5,943 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Monroe County: $29,107 ±$1,407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$43,859 ±$17,192 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Monroe County: $56,648 ±$4,448
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

27.9% ±24.4% (313  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 16.1% † 7,366 (±2.3% / ±1,046)
  • about double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

32.1 minutes ±6.4 (10,695  ±4,278) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 28.8 493,445 (±1.7 / ±38,929)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

423 ±108 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 19,283 ±375
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.7 ±0.5 (1,124  ±352) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.4 46,522 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

3.4% ±4% (8  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Monroe County: 4.5% † 418 (±1.5% / ±135)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

514 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 21,555 ±47
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$168,000 ±$68,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $199,700 ±$9,848
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

16% ±9.2% (178  ±116.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 13.2% † 6,145 (±2.2% / ±1,029.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

84.2% ±27.4% (561  ±126.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 86.3% 29,419 (±3.7% / ±1,277.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
15.9% ±6.8% (106  ±51.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 15.8% † 5,385 (±1.7% / ±594.3)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4% ±2.4% (29  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Monroe County: 7.8% † 2,901 (±1% / ±358)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
29 Total veterans ±19 29 Male ±19 N/A Female ±14

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