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Petersburg, TN

508 Population
1 square miles 503.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±13.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 42.9 ±0.6
  • 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

$21,306 ±$2,939 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: $35,371 ±$2,335
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,417 ±$37,835 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: $64,667 ±$3,852
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.4% ±13.9% (122  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 13% † 4,585 (±2.7% / ±961)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.7 minutes ±4 (5,310  ±1,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 30.8 459,840 (±1.6 / ±32,136)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

199 ±50 Number of households
  • the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 14,849 ±301
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (508  ±135) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 2.4 35,498 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

16% ±15.7% (15  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 7% † 504 (±3% / ±219)
  • 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

218 ±54 Number of housing units
  • the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 16,291 ±117
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,900 ±$14,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: $229,700 ±$14,990
  • about half the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.7% ±5.5% (23  ±27.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 10.4% † 3,693 (±2.2% / ±765)
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.8% ±31.5% (277  ±77.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 87.7% 22,075 (±3.8% / ±954.9)
  • 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)
9.2% ±11.1% (32  ±39.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 20.6% 5,196 (±1.9% / ±481.3)
  • about one-third 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

1.2% ±1.1% (6  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 2.1% 753
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±3% (14  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Fayetteville, TN Micro Area: 7.2% † 1,995 (±1.1% / ±304)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±12 14 Male ±12 N/A Female ±14

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