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Rhea County School District in Dayton, TN

7,625 Population
8.5 square miles 896.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Rhea County: 42 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,533 ±$11,424 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rhea County: $30,273 † ±$3,025
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
$49,719 ±$10,249 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rhea County: $55,033 ±$2,802
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429

22.2% ±7.4% (1,619  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rhea County: 15.9% † 5,305 (±2.5% / ±821)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)

22.2 minutes ±2.7 (65,050  ±12,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rhea County: 29.5 367,160 (±2.7 / ±41,665)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)

Families

3,359 ±277 Number of households
  • Rhea County: 13,475 ±364
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
2.2 ±0.2 (7,228  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rhea County: 2.5 33,291 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933

13.5% ±7.7% (198  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Rhea County: 5.2% † 372 (±2.1% / ±151)
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)

Housing

3,657 ±296 Number of housing units
  • Rhea County: 15,451 ±50
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903

$214,900 ±$35,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhea County: $206,000 ±$12,728
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492

14% ±5.5% (1,031  ±409.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhea County: 11.7% † 3,927 (±2.3% / ±777.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)

Social

79.5% ±9.4% (4,093  ±550.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rhea County: 83.3% 19,770 (±4.8% / ±1,149.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
22.6% ±5.2% (1,162  ±279) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhea County: 18.6% † 4,418 (±2.5% / ±604.1)
  • about three-quarters 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

5.9% ±4.3% (449  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Rhea County: 2.7% 929
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545

7.2% ±3.5% (444  ±215) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rhea County: 9.3% † 2,478 (±1.5% / ±404)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
444 Total veterans ±215 417 Male ±216 27 Female ±47

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