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Rutherford County, TN

367,101 Population
619.3 square miles 592.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.3 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

$38,241 ±$1,571 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$81,628 ±$3,557 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9% ±1.9% (32,601  ±6,931) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.7 minutes ±0.8 (5,013,845  ±212,078) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 26.3 77,894,264 (±0.3 / ±957,098)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

134,245 ±1,840 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (362,555  ±139) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.2% ±1.5% (4,090  ±1,433) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

141,577 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$406,700 ±$12,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.2% ±1.8% (47,913  ±6,679.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.3% ±3.5% (215,966  ±8,111.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
36.8% ±2.2% (86,055  ±5,079.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

12% (43,902  ±5,651) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.7% ±0.7% (15,780  ±1,993) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,780 Total veterans ±1,993 14,285 Male ±1,938 1,495 Female ±763

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