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Unicoi County, TN

17,756 Population
186.1 square miles 95.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,307 ±$1,949 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,218 ±$6,675 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.3% ±3.4% (2,480  ±583) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±2.3 (188,280  ±20,763) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,795 ±275 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (17,327  ±12) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.2% ±2.2% (164  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,749 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$189,600 ±$16,867 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±2.3% (1,318  ±399.2) 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

86.8% ±5.9% (11,456  ±794.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.3% ±3.1% (2,806  ±407.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.5% (263  ±155) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±1.9% (1,394  ±282) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,394 Total veterans ±282 1,380 Male ±278 14 Female ±17

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