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Tellico Plains, TN

1,146 Population
2 square miles 587.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±8.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Monroe County: 45.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,544 ±$6,528 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $29,835 ±$1,377
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,625 ±$23,423 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $56,895 ±$2,810
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.8% ±24.5% (341  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Monroe County: 15.5% † 7,172 (±2.2% / ±1,027)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.8 minutes ±1.8 (10,495  ±3,389) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 28.3 486,810 (±1.1 / ±29,668)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

442 ±115 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 19,714 ±319
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (1,139  ±351) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.4 47,141 (±0 / ±17)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±4.3% (8  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 3.9% † 363 (±1.7% / ±156)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

542 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 21,764 ±63
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$187,500 ±$51,962 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $227,500 ±$11,877
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.1% ±8% (205  ±111.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 11.9% † 5,645 (±2.1% / ±998.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±28.6% (622  ±136) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Monroe County: 85.6% 29,616 (±3.5% / ±1,205.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18% ±6.9% (127  ±57.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Monroe County: 17.1% † 5,924 (±1.8% / ±604.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.4% ±4.1% (40  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monroe County: 7.9% † 2,988 (±1% / ±391)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
40 Total veterans ±32 40 Male ±32 N/A Female ±14

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