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District 2, Polk County, TN

6,724 Population
248 square miles 27.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 46.9 ±0.6
  • 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

$35,099 ±$4,747 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Polk County: $35,592 ±$3,030
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,875 ±$15,106 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Polk County: $62,522 ±$6,119
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.7% ±3.5% (773  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 14% † 2,452 (±2.1% / ±364)
  • about 80 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)

31.9 minutes ±2.2 (75,780  ±14,194) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Polk County: 31.4 212,480 (±1.8 / ±17,805)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,619 ±258 Number of households
  • Polk County: 7,424 ±253
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (6,581  ±638) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.4 17,665 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • 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

3.1% ±3.5% (42  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 3.1% † 115 (±1.9% / ±70)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,180 ±272 Number of housing units
  • Polk County: 9,064 ±28
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,800 ±$22,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Polk County: $169,900 ±$13,999
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±7.2% (684  ±478.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 10.7% † 1,897 (±3.3% / ±587.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.3% ±6.7% (4,118  ±491) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Polk County: 86.6% 11,495 (±5.4% / ±718.1)
  • 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)
14.4% ±3.6% (703  ±187) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Polk County: 16.6% † 2,200 (±2.3% / ±311.1)
  • 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

1.1% ±0.6% (72  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Polk County: 1% 180
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1.8% (319  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Polk County: 7.1% † 1,029 (±1.4% / ±204)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
319 Total veterans ±99 288 Male ±90 31 Female ±30

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