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Rutherford County School District in Murfreesboro, TN

165,423 Population
64.2 square miles 2,577.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Rutherford County: 34.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$37,748 ±$2,302 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rutherford County: $38,241 ±$1,571
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
$78,069 ±$5,665 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Rutherford County: $81,628 ±$3,557
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865

7.8% ±2.3% (12,575  ±3,622) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 9% † 32,601 (±1.9% / ±6,931)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)

26.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,966,165  ±75,450) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Rutherford County: 28.2 4,553,225 (±0.5 / ±118,122)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

63,223 ±2,517 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 134,245 ±1,840
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
2.6 ±0.1 (161,419  ±269) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rutherford County: 2.7 362,555 (±0 / ±139)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483

4.7% ±2.5% (2,172  ±1,155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 4.2% † 4,090 (±1.5% / ±1,433)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)

Housing

67,021 ±2,589 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 141,577 ±73
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237

$419,200 ±$21,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $406,700 ±$12,570
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458

18.4% ±3.4% (30,167  ±5,516.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rutherford County: 13.2% † 47,913 (±1.8% / ±6,679.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)

Social

93.5% ±4.9% (95,792  ±6,008.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 92.3% 215,966 (±3.5% / ±8,111.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
43% ±3.5% (44,085  ±3,916.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 36.8% 86,055 (±2.2% / ±5,079.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.6% ±3.1% (17,534  ±5,161) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 12% 43,902
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020

5.7% ±1.1% (7,205  ±1,461) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 5.7% † 15,780 (±0.7% / ±1,993)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
7,205 Total veterans ±1,461 6,467 Male ±1,397 738 Female ±573

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