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Rhea County School District, TN

26,108 Population
307 square miles 85.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhea County: 41 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,797 ±$1,719 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rhea County: $28,160 ±$1,649
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $37,866 ±$248
$58,414 ±$3,204 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rhea County: $58,133 ±$3,424
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $67,097 ±$360

14.1% ±2.9% (3,625  ±738) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhea County: 15.3% † 4,998 (±2.7% / ±874)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 940,092 (±0.2% / ±13,987)

31.2 minutes ±2.9 (294,330  ±34,815) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhea County: 28.4 348,550 (±2.1 / ±35,755)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

10,282 ±358 Number of households
  • Rhea County: 13,243 ±395
  • Tennessee: 2,768,743 ±7,134
2.5 ±0.1 (25,821  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rhea County: 2.5 32,543 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,837,352

5.1% ±2.4% (280  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhea County: 5.9% † 414 (±2.6% / ±182)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 85,197 (±0.2% / ±2,585)

Housing

12,037 ±234 Number of housing units
  • Rhea County: 15,311 ±31
  • Tennessee: 3,095,472 ±769

$185,800 ±$14,592 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhea County: $178,500 ±$13,524
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $256,800 ±$1,438

12.9% ±2.8% (3,335  ±720) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Rhea County: 13.1% † 4,300 (±2.4% / ±778.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 13.3% 919,678 (±0.2% / ±13,430.5)

Social

84.9% ±5% (15,576  ±960.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rhea County: 84.1% 19,494 (±4.5% / ±1,067.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 89.6% 4,306,036 (±0.4% / ±17,365.1)
16.7% ±2.4% (3,065  ±443.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rhea County: 17.4% † 4,030 (±2.2% / ±499.4)
  • about half the rate in Tennessee: 30.4% 1,460,501 (±0.2% / ±10,274.8)

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

1% ±0.6% (269  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Rhea County: 3% 1,002
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 5.9% 411,840

10.8% ±1.6% (2,150  ±312) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rhea County: 9.1% † 2,364 (±1.3% / ±332)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.5% 406,307 (±0.1% / ±4,679)
2,150 Total veterans ±312 2,066 Male ±297 84 Female ±54

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