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Mountain City, TN

2,542 Population
3.4 square miles 754.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±8.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Johnson County: 46.7 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,395 ±$3,688 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Johnson County: $28,841 ±$2,288
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,818 ±$6,711 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Johnson County: $53,129 ±$4,322
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.1% ±10.2% (805  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Johnson County: 21.4% † 3,521 (±4.5% / ±737)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±11.5 (13,890  ±4,925) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 25.6 153,245 (±2.3 / ±18,862)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,175 ±185 Number of households
  • Johnson County: 7,298 ±327
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (2,358  ±414) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnson County: 2.3 16,563 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

21.4% ±13.7% (77  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Johnson County: 6.2% † 187 (±3.5% / ±108)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,301 ±206 Number of housing units
  • Johnson County: 8,761 ±34
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$216,300 ±$30,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Johnson County: $178,600 † ±$19,569
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±6.3% (370  ±169.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Johnson County: 11.8% † 2,129 (±2.6% / ±461.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.7% ±16.6% (1,516  ±218.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Johnson County: 82.1% 11,415 (±4.9% / ±686.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12% ±3.5% (231  ±76) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Johnson County: 17.5% † 2,438 (±2.7% / ±367.8)
  • 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

3.3% ±2.5% (83  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Johnson County: 2.4% 434
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.6% ±3.6% (258  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Johnson County: 9.8% † 1,481 (±1.8% / ±278)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
258 Total veterans ±84 241 Male ±83 17 Female ±16

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