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McMinn, Rhea & Bledsoe Counties--Athens city PUMA, TN

120,117 Population
1,347.3 square miles 89.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,338 ±$3,874 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$56,312 ±$6,076 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.2% ±3% (15,437  ±3,520) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.3 minutes ±1 (1,264,175  ±60,418) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

44,608 ±1,704 Number of households
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (116,977  ±2,811) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±1.9% (1,109  ±479) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

53,196 ±1,163 Number of housing units
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$253,800 ±$13,770 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.1% ±2.6% (13,186  ±3,072.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.8% ±4.6% (72,150  ±4,267.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
21.1% ±2.8% (17,510  ±2,353) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.8% ±0.7% (4,239  ±766.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 8.6% 574,403 (±0.1% / ±8,048.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

1.8% ±0.8% (2,097  ±971) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8% ±1.4% (7,482  ±1,288) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,482 Total veterans ±1,288 7,248 Male ±1,297 234 Female ±190

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