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Dowelltown, TN

382 Population
0.8 square miles 507.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±11.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in DeKalb County: 42.2 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,628 ±$6,134 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $28,137 ±$1,932
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$37,917 ±$26,864 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in DeKalb County: $48,484 ±$4,691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

38.2% ±19% (146  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in DeKalb County: 21.4% † 4,323 (±3.8% / ±765)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

44.3 minutes ±12.6 (6,295  ±2,716) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in DeKalb County: 28.7 223,355 (±2.3 / ±21,682)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

147 ±40 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 8,495 ±257
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.6 ±0.6 (382  ±139) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 20,245 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

5.5% ±5.5% (5  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 6.8% † 285 (±2.9% / ±121)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

172 ±42 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 10,033 ±34
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$155,100 ±$27,556 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in DeKalb County: $206,600 ±$15,581
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

4.5% ±6.1% (17  ±24) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in DeKalb County: 9.5% † 1,930 (±2.9% / ±594.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

86.4% ±43.9% (247  ±75.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 82.7% 12,019 (±5% / ±731.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
8% ±11.8% (23  ±35) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 20% † 2,902 (±2.8% / ±404.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

2.1% ±3.6% (8  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 5% 1,019
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

6.5% ±3.8% (20  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in DeKalb County: 8% † 1,277 (±1.8% / ±283)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
20 Total veterans ±14 20 Male ±14 N/A Female ±14

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