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Whitwell, TN

1,863 Population
3.5 square miles 530.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,068 ±$3,445 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $39,431 ±$668
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$62,500 ±$13,729 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $68,666 ±$1,502
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

13.1% ±3.1% (244  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 12.7% 70,447 (±0.6% / ±3,317)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

38.4 minutes ±18.9 (31,560  ±10,190) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 23.9 5,635,110 (±0.3 / ±109,168)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

778 ±156 Number of households
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 227,464 ±1,522
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.4 ±0.2 (1,863  ±413) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 2.4 555,554 (±0 / ±205)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

3.1% ±3.4% (13  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 5.4% † 7,057 (±0.6% / ±722)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

1,030 ±185 Number of housing units
  • the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 251,533 ±175
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$121,700 ±$21,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: $246,000 ±$3,114
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

8% ±4.1% (148  ±82.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 14.4% 81,104 (±0.6% / ±3,543)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

78.5% ±24.1% (1,020  ±206.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 89.5% 359,426 (±1.2% / ±4,716.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
7.2% ±5.1% (94  ±69.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 31.3% 125,906 (±0.7% / ±2,758.8)
  • about one-quarter of 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

2% ±2.5% (38  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 4.6% 26,138
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

6.8% ±3.9% (104  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metro Area: 7.2% 32,042 (±0.3% / ±1,366)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
104 Total veterans ±64 100 Male ±64 4 Female ±5

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