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Monroe County School District in Sweetwater, TN

12,771 Population
63.1 square miles 202.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Monroe County: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,633 ±$2,136 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Monroe County: $29,107 ±$1,407
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$48,386 ±$7,438 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $56,648 ±$4,448
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

18% ±4.2% (2,272  ±552) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 16.1% † 7,366 (±2.3% / ±1,046)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

24.1 minutes ±2.5 (116,735  ±18,513) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 28.8 493,445 (±1.7 / ±38,929)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

5,622 ±473 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 19,283 ±375
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.2 ±0.2 (12,599  ±768) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 2.4 46,522 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

2.5% ±1.7% (75  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 4.5% † 418 (±1.5% / ±135)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

6,054 ±447 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 21,555 ±47
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$167,800 ±$10,031 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

13.9% ±3.9% (1,762  ±501.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Monroe County: 13.2% † 6,145 (±2.2% / ±1,029.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

86.4% ±5% (8,143  ±719) 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)
15.7% ±3.1% (1,482  ±310.3) 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

4.2% ±1.5% (530  ±190) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Monroe County: 2.2% 1,014
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

7% ±1.8% (710  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 7.8% † 2,901 (±1% / ±358)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
710 Total veterans ±188 685 Male ±181 25 Female ±37

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