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District 11, Sullivan County, TN

20,009 Population
9.4 square miles 2,131.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sullivan County: 45 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,827 ±$2,132 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sullivan County: $35,877 ±$981
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,785 ±$3,491 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sullivan County: $58,807 ±$2,321
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.9% ±3.7% (5,494  ±793) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Sullivan County: 15.4% 24,426 (±1.2% / ±1,888)
  • about 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)

17.6 minutes ±1.8 (124,650  ±16,618) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sullivan County: 21.9 1,358,080 (±0.8 / ±61,219)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,460 ±540 Number of households
  • Sullivan County: 68,907 ±781
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0 (19,635  ±1,158) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sullivan County: 2.3 158,190 (±0 / ±57)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.3% ±3.5% (437  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Sullivan County: 4.7% † 1,597 (±1.1% / ±356)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,613 ±542 Number of housing units
  • Sullivan County: 76,324 ±125
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,800 ±$9,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sullivan County: $213,300 ±$6,300
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15% ±3.3% (2,941  ±661.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sullivan County: 10.9% † 17,360 (±1.1% / ±1,764.4)
  • 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

87.9% ±2.7% (12,636  ±836.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sullivan County: 90% 106,212 (±2% / ±2,324.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.1% ±2.1% (3,471  ±368.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 26.8% 31,690 (±1.1% / ±1,291.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.7% ±1.2% (545  ±232) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sullivan County: 1.9% 3,001
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±1.6% (1,301  ±268) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Sullivan County: 8.1% 10,568 (±0.6% / ±754)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,301 Total veterans ±268 1,192 Male ±262 109 Female ±59

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