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District 5, Cocke County, TN

5,439 Population
76.5 square miles 71.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±8.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cocke County: 45.3 ±0.2
  • 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

$27,842 ±$3,351 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cocke County: $28,260 ±$1,997
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,478 ±$7,636 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cocke County: $48,016 ±$3,856
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12% ±6.6% (654  ±378) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cocke County: 21.9% † 7,934 (±3% / ±1,088)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

45.9 minutes ±16.6 (88,410  ±22,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Cocke County: 32.8 483,150 (±2 / ±39,110)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,159 ±302 Number of households
  • Cocke County: 15,509 ±442
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (5,439  ±989) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cocke County: 2.4 36,449 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.3% (14  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cocke County: 6.1% † 461 (±2.7% / ±202)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,765 ±273 Number of housing units
  • Cocke County: 17,957 ±52
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,800 ±$42,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Cocke County: $158,100 ±$11,364
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±6.4% (627  ±367.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cocke County: 9% † 3,296 (±2.1% / ±757.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±19.2% (3,867  ±538.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cocke County: 84.9% 22,758 (±3.9% / ±1,061.6)
  • 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)
16.9% ±4.6% (719  ±225.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cocke County: 11% † 2,946 (±1.7% / ±445.5)
  • 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

2.9% ±2.3% (158  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cocke County: 1.2% 438
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±2.1% (374  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Cocke County: 8.2% † 2,398 (±1.2% / ±342)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
374 Total veterans ±109 354 Male ±95 20 Female ±32

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