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District 5, Rhea County, TN

3,377 Population
3.2 square miles 1,051.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±6.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rhea County: 42 ±0.9
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,418 ±$7,307 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rhea County: $30,273 † ±$3,025
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,167 ±$22,349 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rhea County: $55,033 ±$2,802
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.3% ±8.8% (809  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rhea County: 15.9% † 5,305 (±2.5% / ±821)
  • nearly double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30 minutes ±7.2 (31,510  ±13,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rhea County: 29.5 367,160 (±2.7 / ±41,665)
  • about 20 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

1,370 ±363 Number of households
  • Rhea County: 13,475 ±364
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.8 (3,014  ±717) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhea County: 2.5 33,291 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.1% ±15.4% (132  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Rhea County: 5.2% † 372 (±2.1% / ±151)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,471 ±387 Number of housing units
  • Rhea County: 15,451 ±50
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$192,300 ±$78,834 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhea County: $206,000 ±$12,728
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22% ±11.2% (711  ±391.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Rhea County: 11.7% † 3,927 (±2.3% / ±777.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.5% ±31.1% (1,559  ±410.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rhea County: 83.3% 19,770 (±4.8% / ±1,149.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.3% ±7.3% (244  ±161.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhea County: 18.6% † 4,418 (±2.5% / ±604.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-third 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% ±2.9% (68  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rhea County: 2.7% 929
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.5% ±7.1% (274  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rhea County: 9.3% † 2,478 (±1.5% / ±404)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
274 Total veterans ±195 274 Male ±195 N/A Female ±14

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