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Obion, TN

1,087 Population
1.3 square miles 842.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±13.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 41.8 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,110 ±$6,801 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Union City, TN Micro Area: $30,429 ±$2,671
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,167 ±$19,943 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Union City, TN Micro Area: $54,613 ±$3,708
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.4% ±15.2% (383  ±185) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 18.6% † 5,578 (±2.4% / ±713)
  • 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)

26.9 minutes ±3.4 (14,050  ±4,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 20.2 247,435 (±1.2 / ±17,565)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

496 ±113 Number of households
  • the Union City, TN Micro Area: 12,527 ±289
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.7 (1,087  ±238) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 2.4 30,137 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.1% ±3% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 3.9% † 262 (±1.4% / ±97)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

584 ±122 Number of housing units
  • the Union City, TN Micro Area: 14,326 ±66
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,900 ±$30,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Union City, TN Micro Area: $133,600 ±$10,724
  • about one-third of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±6.6% (140  ±77.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 10.4% † 3,145 (±2% / ±617.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.6% ±3.9% (601  ±128.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 85.3% 18,395 (±3.4% / ±732.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.5% ±4.4% (58  ±32.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 18.3% † 3,946 (±1.9% / ±407.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.1% ±3% (51  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Union City, TN Micro Area: 6.3% † 1,499 (±0.9% / ±217)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±27 51 Male ±27 N/A Female ±14

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