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Rutherford County, TN

376,996 Population
619.3 square miles 608.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,747 ±$2,404 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$90,240 ±$5,756 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.7% ±1.7% (39,522  ±6,334) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.4 minutes ±1.3 (5,019,085  ±276,256) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 26.5 80,430,170 (±0.2 / ±874,887)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

133,672 ±2,540 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (371,665  ±140) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±1.7% (5,868  ±1,724) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

145,373 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$436,100 ±$12,560 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.2% ±2.3% (56,345  ±8,555.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.9% ±3.9% (221,839  ±9,389) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
36.6% ±2.4% (87,469  ±5,666.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11% (41,287  ±3,862) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.6% ±0.9% (21,746  ±2,689) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
21,746 Total veterans ±2,689 19,503 Male ±2,581 2,243 Female ±996

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