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Dyer County School District, TN

20,529 Population
496.1 square miles 41.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dyer County: 40.2 ±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

$32,945 ±$2,586 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dyer County: $37,772 † ±$7,438
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,414 ±$5,031 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dyer County: $58,154 ±$3,239
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.3% ±2.6% (2,529  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dyer County: 16.3% † 5,862 (±2.4% / ±843)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±1.7 (196,630  ±19,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dyer County: 19.8 299,630 (±1.4 / ±24,975)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,037 ±372 Number of households
  • Dyer County: 14,769 ±384
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (20,507  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dyer County: 2.4 35,961 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • 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

4.4% ±2% (199  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dyer County: 3.8% † 320 (±1.6% / ±133)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,773 ±325 Number of housing units
  • Dyer County: 16,311 ±25
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,700 ±$13,991 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dyer County: $166,400 ±$9,939
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.7% ±3.2% (2,374  ±642.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dyer County: 11.2% † 4,060 (±2.2% / ±792.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±5.9% (12,812  ±886.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dyer County: 89.3% 22,296 (±4.9% / ±1,228)
  • about the same as 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)
20.5% ±3.3% (2,915  ±466.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dyer County: 21.1% † 5,271 (±2.5% / ±623.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.4% ±0.7% (284  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dyer County: 2% 744
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±1.2% (1,228  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dyer County: 6.8% † 1,883 (±1% / ±288)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,228 Total veterans ±195 1,107 Male ±180 121 Female ±96

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