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District 3, Carter County, TN

6,747 Population
26.7 square miles 253 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Carter County: 45.9 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,921 ±$2,770 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Carter County: $30,064 ±$1,621
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,946 ±$11,036 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Carter County: $50,135 ±$3,158
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±6.5% (1,012  ±445) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carter County: 17.1% † 9,417 (±2% / ±1,099)
  • about 10 percent 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)

18.7 minutes ±1.1 (48,240  ±7,286) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Carter County: 24.3 523,700 (±0.9 / ±26,129)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,041 ±297 Number of households
  • Carter County: 24,425 ±463
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (6,747  ±582) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Carter County: 2.3 55,255 (±0 / ±30)
  • 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% (55  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carter County: 4.8% † 591 (±1.3% / ±156)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,484 ±310 Number of housing units
  • Carter County: 28,118 ±85
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,800 ±$10,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Carter County: $168,200 ±$4,365
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±2.9% (454  ±200) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carter County: 9.2% † 5,197 (±1.4% / ±791.1)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±5.2% (4,390  ±451.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Carter County: 89.5% 37,794 (±3.1% / ±1,300.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±3.4% (850  ±184.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carter County: 20.6% 8,708 (±1.5% / ±634.4)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about half 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

2.8% ±1.7% (187  ±113) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Carter County: 1.7% 938
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.4% (436  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carter County: 8.7% † 4,073 (±0.9% / ±411)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
436 Total veterans ±133 373 Male ±111 63 Female ±62

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