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District 4, Fentress County, TN

4,473 Population
86 square miles 52 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fentress County: 46.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,512 ±$2,857 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Fentress County: $24,226 ±$1,624
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,262 ±$16,628 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fentress County: $51,149 ±$3,253
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±8.4% (791  ±406) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Fentress County: 21% † 3,983 (±3.9% / ±749)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±6.4 (39,600  ±15,221) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Fentress County: 27.5 † 176,820 (±3.2 / ±24,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,813 ±303 Number of households
  • Fentress County: 7,831 ±258
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,467  ±885) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fentress County: 2.4 19,115 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • 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

7.6% ±11.6% (78  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Fentress County: 8% † 287 (±4.6% / ±164)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,813 ±303 Number of housing units
  • Fentress County: 9,260 ±36
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$182,200 ±$25,789 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fentress County: $168,200 ±$13,978
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.4% ±5.5% (279  ±247) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fentress County: 9.6% † 1,831 (±2.5% / ±481.8)
  • 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

86% ±9.1% (2,741  ±557.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fentress County: 82.2% 11,495 (±5.5% / ±765.3)
  • 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)
21.6% ±8.9% (690  ±307.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fentress County: 14.6% † 2,035 (±2.8% / ±386.3)
  • 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% ±1.7% (67  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fentress County: 1.3% 246
  • 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

17.4% ±5% (597  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Fentress County: 9.3% † 1,430 (±1.5% / ±233)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
597 Total veterans ±203 467 Male ±165 130 Female ±151

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