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Mountain City, TN

2,396 Population
3.4 square miles 710.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±9.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Johnson County: 46.2 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,866 ±$3,023 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $26,627 † ±$2,782
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $36,040 ±$208
$32,383 ±$6,502 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Johnson County: $47,571 ±$3,552
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $64,035 ±$350

30.8% ±8% (669  ±208) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Johnson County: 21.6% † 3,465 (±4.1% / ±659)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 14% 943,583 (±0.2% / ±13,561)

25.8 minutes ±5.4 (17,240  ±6,524) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 27.9 † 161,030 (±3.2 / ±21,872)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.5 73,963,710 (±0.1 / ±458,627)

Families

1,049 ±197 Number of households
  • Johnson County: 6,873 ±327
  • Tennessee: 2,713,635 ±7,405
2.1 ±0.5 (2,173  ±375) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 2.4 16,257 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,771,183

20.7% ±13.7% (63  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Johnson County: 7.5% † 226 (±4.2% / ±128)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 83,606 (±0.2% / ±2,538)

Housing

1,274 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Johnson County: 8,741 ±43
  • Tennessee: 3,050,850 ±896

$146,700 ±$23,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Johnson County: $156,400 ±$6,857
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $232,100 ±$1,046

16.4% ±8.3% (386  ±,203.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Johnson County: 12% † 2,141 (±2.4% / ±,420.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 946,079 (±0.2% / ±13,689.3)

Social

73.4% ±15.8% (1,355  ±,200.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Johnson County: 82.4% 11,314 (±4.9% / ±,666.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 89.3% 4,248,561 (±0.4% / ±16,948.9)
9.3% ±3% (172  ±62.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Johnson County: 14.9% † 2,051 (±2.2% / ±,299.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 29.7% 1,413,670 (±0.2% / ±9,634.5)

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

2.7% ±1.3% (65  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Johnson County: 1.8% 324
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 5.4% 375,702

13.3% ±3.9% (263  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Johnson County: 9.4% † 1,411 (±1.6% / ±242)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.7% 414,746 (±0.1% / ±4,830)
263 Total veterans ±87 258 Male ±87 5 Female ±9

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