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Census Tract 9502.03, Polk, TN

2,909 Population
16.2 square miles 179.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Benton: 38.8 † ±7.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Polk County: 46.9 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,829 ±$4,575 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Benton: $20,663 † ±$3,699
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Polk County: $35,592 ±$3,030
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$58,776 ±$10,173 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Benton: $29,414 † ±$9,393
  • a little less than the amount in Polk County: $62,522 ±$6,119
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

15.1% ±5.7% (416  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Benton: 22.7% † 322 (±10.5% / ±164)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 14% † 2,452 (±2.1% / ±364)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

25.8 minutes ±8 (27,035  ±5,827) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Benton: 26.4 † 13,315 (±3.4 / ±4,455)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Polk County: 31.4 212,480 (±1.8 / ±17,805)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

1,079 ±163 Number of households
  • Benton: 625 † ±142
  • Polk County: 7,424 ±253
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.6 ±0.5 (2,762  ±390) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Benton: 2.3 † 1,425 (±0.7 / ±303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Polk County: 2.4 17,665 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

4.3% ±4.4% (35  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Benton: 3.3% † 15 (±4.1% / ±19)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Polk County: 3.1% † 115 (±1.9% / ±70)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

1,322 ±147 Number of housing units
  • Benton: 707 † ±159
  • Polk County: 9,064 ±28
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$219,100 ±$50,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Benton: $184,200 † ±$32,944
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Polk County: $169,900 ±$13,999
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

15.9% ±5.3% (450  ±161.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Benton: 25.4% † 385 (±9.2% / ±156.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Polk County: 10.7% † 1,897 (±3.3% / ±587.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

86.9% ±0.6% (1,750  ±232.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Benton: 79.9% † 812 (±21.8% / ±144.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 86.6% 11,495 (±5.4% / ±718.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
16.7% ±4.9% (336  ±108.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Benton: 12% † 122 (±5.4% / ±60.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Polk County: 16.6% † 2,200 (±2.3% / ±311.1)
  • 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

1.1% ±1% (32  ±28) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Benton: 0.5% † 7 (±1% / ±15)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Polk County: 1% 180
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

9.4% ±3.6% (217  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Benton: 7.3% † 91 (±3.1% / ±43)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Polk County: 7.1% † 1,029 (±1.4% / ±204)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
217 Total veterans ±89 187 Male ±83 30 Female ±27

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