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Hancock County, TN

6,852 Population
222.3 square miles 30.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,337 ±$3,507 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$34,960 ±$3,992 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.3% ±5.1% (2,153  ±341) Persons below poverty line
  • 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)

30.8 minutes ±3.5 (69,250  ±9,973) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,828 ±135 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (6,721  ±6) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±3.7% (82  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,675 ±12 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$134,500 ±$36,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±3.1% (513  ±208.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.6% ±6.9% (3,773  ±336.6) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
10.8% ±2.5% (523  ±123.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-third 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

2.3% (156  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±1.9% (259  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
259 Total veterans ±102 223 Male ±86 36 Female ±37

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