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District 5, Wayne County, TN

2,636 Population
242.9 square miles 10.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±12.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 44.4 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,356 ±$6,923 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $27,272 ±$1,935
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,409 ±$12,296 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $52,294 ±$4,365
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.4% ±8.2% (380  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wayne County: 20% † 2,875 (±3.5% / ±505)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.2 minutes ±6.8 (40,205  ±13,576) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 31.3 175,845 (±2 / ±16,828)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,038 ±180 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 5,982 ±217
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (2,636  ±437) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 14,412 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±3.9% (12  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 3.3% † 95 (±1.9% / ±54)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,265 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 7,211 ±25
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,900 ±$59,430 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $130,700 † ±$17,186
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.9% ±3.1% (75  ±83.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Wayne County: 8.1% † 1,300 (±2.1% / ±336.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±2.7% (1,826  ±302.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 84% 10,383 (±5.3% / ±655.9)
  • 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)
12.6% ±5.2% (261  ±114.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 13.8% † 1,709 (±2.4% / ±293.1)
  • 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

1.8% ±1.9% (48  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 1.9% 304
  • 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

3.9% ±2.7% (89  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 6.9% † 937 (±1.6% / ±221)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
89 Total veterans ±64 89 Male ±64 N/A Female ±14

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