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Rutherford County, TN

360,619 Population
619.3 square miles 582.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 39.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$34,656 ±$1,154 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $36,704 ±$350
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$76,857 ±$3,189 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $65,254 ±$848
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

9.6% ±1.5% (34,312  ±5,345) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 915,683 (±0.5% / ±33,636)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

29.1 minutes ±1.1 (4,886,885  ±244,779) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.5 74,269,850 (±0.2 / ±832,004)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

132,945 ±1,979 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,846,684 ±11,934
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0 (355,726  ±130) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,904,210
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.1% ±1.4% (4,862  ±1,295) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5% 82,884 (±0.3% / ±5,160)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

139,340 ±67 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,144,583 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$387,100 ±$11,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Tennessee: $284,800 ±$2,559
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

16.3% ±2% (58,256  ±7,138) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13% 906,588 (±0.4% / ±26,656.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

91.9% ±3.7% (211,690  ±8,484.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.4% 4,398,598 (±0.7% / ±35,322.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
33.8% ±2.2% (77,879  ±5,080.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,513,960 (±0.4% / ±21,470.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

11.3% (40,789  ±5,780) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Tennessee: 5.6% 392,453
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.8% ±0.9% (18,426  ±2,493) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.2% 397,661 (±0.2% / ±9,591)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
18,426 Total veterans ±2,493 16,692 Male ±2,336 1,734 Female ±702

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