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District 5, Chester County, TN

3,065 Population
19.3 square miles 158.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 37.6 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,672 ±$10,629 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chester County: $28,454 ±$2,584
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,176 ±$11,711 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chester County: $59,341 † ±$11,635
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±7.4% (553  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 16.1% † 2,619 (±3% / ±483)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±1.5 (26,170  ±6,789) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 28.2 183,440 (±1.8 / ±17,796)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,238 ±219 Number of households
  • Chester County: 6,430 ±217
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,971  ±593) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 16,385 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±5.8% (44  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 200 (±2.4% / ±101)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,335 ±259 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 7,279 ±19
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,000 ±$18,386 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chester County: $164,400 ±$10,069
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±3.8% (160  ±117.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Chester County: 5% † 863 (±1.7% / ±290)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±1.6% (1,842  ±322.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 88.3% 10,253 (±5.8% / ±682.1)
  • 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)
15.3% ±5.8% (314  ±130.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chester County: 22% † 2,558 (±3.5% / ±403.7)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-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

0.3% ±0.6% (10  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chester County: 1.8% 322
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±2.9% (82  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 6.3% † 872 (±1.4% / ±196)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
82 Total veterans ±66 82 Male ±66 N/A Female ±14

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