Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

District 8, Rutherford County, TN

20,781 Population
132.7 square miles 156.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

37.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 34.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,267 ±$2,568 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $39,158 ±$926
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$106,781 ±$8,523 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $85,470 ±$1,909
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5% ±2.4% (1,021  ±490) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Rutherford County: 9.3% 32,929 (±0.8% / ±2,672)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.9 minutes ±5.8 (293,950  ±34,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 28.1 4,564,590 (±0.5 / ±114,239)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,040 ±626 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 129,431 ±1,019
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.4 (20,776  ±1,659) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 2.8 355,873 (±0 / ±59)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±2.1% (290  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 6% † 5,756 (±0.8% / ±797)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,538 ±605 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 138,929 ±84
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$453,400 ±$18,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $382,600 ±$5,768
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±2.7% (1,950  ±573.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rutherford County: 15.3% 54,430 (±1.1% / ±3,842.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±10.1% (12,760  ±939.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 92.4% 212,262 (±1.8% / ±4,062.9)
  • 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)
38.8% ±3% (5,235  ±576.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 35.8% 82,127 (±1% / ±2,313.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

6.2% ±2.7% (1,279  ±560) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rutherford County: 10.9% 39,307
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±1.5% (1,181  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 6.3% 17,068 (±0.4% / ±965)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,181 Total veterans ±253 1,078 Male ±233 103 Female ±80

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.