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Census Tract 717, Carter, TN

3,691 Population
48.7 square miles 75.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Roan Mountain: 45.9 † ±12.1
  • a little less than the figure in Carter County: 45.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,624 ±$3,822 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Roan Mountain: $30,875 † ±$7,563
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Carter County: $30,064 ±$1,621
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$55,878 ±$10,651 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Roan Mountain: $55,625 † ±$7,180
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Carter County: $50,135 ±$3,158
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

21% ±10.6% (733  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Roan Mountain: 1.7% † 12 (±2.5% / ±18)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Carter County: 17.1% † 9,417 (±2% / ±1,099)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

28.4 minutes ±2.7 (39,555  ±8,266) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Roan Mountain: 29.9 † 10,300 (±4 / ±4,307)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Carter County: 24.3 523,700 (±0.9 / ±26,129)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

1,290 ±163 Number of households
  • Roan Mountain: 318 † ±85
  • Carter County: 24,425 ±463
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.7 ±0.4 (3,523  ±676) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Roan Mountain: 2.2 † 704 (±0.3 / ±212)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Carter County: 2.3 55,255 (±0 / ±30)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,777 ±204 Number of housing units
  • Roan Mountain: 413 † ±101
  • Carter County: 28,118 ±85
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$169,200 ±$56,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Roan Mountain: $166,200 † ±$33,253
  • about the same as the amount in Carter County: $168,200 ±$4,365
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

7.6% ±3.6% (282  ±142.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Roan Mountain: 10% † 80 (±8.9% / ±74.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carter County: 9.2% † 5,197 (±1.4% / ±791.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

91.1% ±1% (2,418  ±335.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Roan Mountain: 94% † 638 (±31.6% / ±143.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Carter County: 89.5% 37,794 (±3.1% / ±1,300.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
16.2% ±5.1% (429  ±146.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Roan Mountain: 20.5% † 139 (±9.2% / ±71.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carter County: 20.6% 8,708 (±1.5% / ±634.4)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.8% (24  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Roan Mountain: 2% † 16 (±3.1% / ±25)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Carter County: 1.7% 938
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

7.3% ±4% (219  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Roan Mountain: 5.9% † 42 (±5.6% / ±41)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carter County: 8.7% † 4,073 (±0.9% / ±411)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
219 Total veterans ±123 202 Male ±119 17 Female ±25

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