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37874

16,567 Population
102.9 square miles 161.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 42.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,222 ±$2,189 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $32,322 ±$1,348
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$53,605 ±$7,168 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $61,438 ±$3,780
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

15.8% ±4.5% (2,586  ±766) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 13.2% † 8,817 (±1.6% / ±1,061)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

25.3 minutes ±0.8 (158,010  ±19,096) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 26.3 699,255 (±0.9 / ±34,176)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

6,948 ±552 Number of households
  • the Athens, TN Micro Area: 26,453 ±495
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.4 ±0.1 (16,395  ±1,361) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 2.5 66,931 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

4.8% ±3.6% (174  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 7% † 1,021 (±1.9% / ±272)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

7,395 ±568 Number of housing units
  • the Athens, TN Micro Area: 30,412 ±72
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$191,300 ±$20,218 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Athens, TN Micro Area: $205,300 ±$9,388
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

9.9% ±3.2% (1,631  ±534.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 13.1% † 8,793 (±1.6% / ±1,093.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

85% ±0.6% (10,104  ±772.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 86.8% 41,984 (±2.7% / ±1,309.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
13.6% ±2.1% (1,619  ±282.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 17.6% 8,508 (±1.4% / ±662.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)

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

2.5% ±0.6% (408  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 2.3% 1,545
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

8.7% ±1.8% (1,128  ±253) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Athens, TN Micro Area: 8.3% † 4,456 (±0.8% / ±447)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
1,128 Total veterans ±253 1,052 Male ±251 76 Female ±49

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