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Trenton, TN

4,151 Population
8 square miles 516.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±7.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,355 ±$3,222 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: $32,377 ±$915
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,750 ±$16,952 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: $61,177 ±$1,807
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.6% ±8% (1,151  ±309) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 16.4% 28,755 (±1.2% / ±2,033)
  • 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 minutes ±5.8 (38,895  ±11,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 22.9 1,694,155 (±0.7 / ±63,647)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,761 ±138 Number of households
  • the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 72,451 ±733
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,842  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 2.4 175,327 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±3.2% (19  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 4.6% † 1,952 (±1% / ±423)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,144 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 80,121 ±89
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,000 ±$66,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: $185,300 ±$6,401
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

26.4% ±9.6% (1,085  ±394.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 13% 23,303 (±1.1% / ±1,957.5)
  • about double the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.1% ±9.4% (2,338  ±337.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 89.7% 110,044 (±1.8% / ±2,232.5)
  • 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)
20.9% ±6.1% (595  ±181.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 23.7% 29,028 (±1% / ±1,263.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.9% ±1.7% (80  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 3.2% 5,721
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2.9% (219  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Jackson, TN Metro Area: 7.1% 9,929 (±0.6% / ±764)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
219 Total veterans ±95 219 Male ±95 N/A Female ±14

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