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District 8, Macon County, TN

2,428 Population
29.4 square miles 82.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±15.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 39.2 ±0.6
  • 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

$42,772 ±$12,154 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Macon County: $28,670 ±$2,218
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$96,875 ±$11,621 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Macon County: $59,177 ±$4,091
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±9.7% (271  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Macon County: 17.2% † 4,440 (±3.2% / ±832)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.5 minutes ±9.7 (50,220  ±22,962) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 34.8 389,960 (±3 / ±42,171)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

981 ±267 Number of households
  • Macon County: 9,421 ±305
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.9 (2,428  ±638) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 2.8 25,987 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±10.9% (29  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Macon County: 7.2% † 418 (±3.1% / ±178)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,085 ±240 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 10,997 ±24
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$244,300 ±$52,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $225,700 ±$12,576
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±13.2% (365  ±331.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 15.3% † 3,940 (±3.6% / ±922.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±32.1% (1,749  ±366.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 82.8% 14,634 (±4.9% / ±874.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.8% ±6.9% (495  ±182.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Macon County: 12.5% † 2,213 (±2% / ±361.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.5% ±2.7% (61  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macon County: 3.2% 840
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.1% ±10.7% (244  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Macon County: 6.7% † 1,322 (±1.5% / ±302)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
244 Total veterans ±225 181 Male ±148 63 Female ±93

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