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Rhea County School District, TN

26,367 Population
307 square miles 85.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhea County: 42 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,041 ±$1,856 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Rhea County: $30,273 † ±$3,025
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,355 ±$3,806 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rhea County: $55,033 ±$2,802
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±2.6% (3,686  ±668) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rhea County: 15.9% † 5,305 (±2.5% / ±821)
  • a little higher than the rate in Tennessee: 13.8% 950,340 (±0.2% / ±15,734)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.7 minutes ±3.2 (302,110  ±37,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rhea County: 29.5 367,160 (±2.7 / ±41,665)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,116 ±388 Number of households
  • Rhea County: 13,475 ±364
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (26,063  ±55) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rhea County: 2.5 33,291 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • 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

3% ±1.8% (174  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rhea County: 5.2% † 372 (±2.1% / ±151)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,794 ±304 Number of housing units
  • Rhea County: 15,451 ±50
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,400 ±$14,795 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rhea County: $206,000 ±$12,728
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±2.5% (2,896  ±656.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Rhea County: 11.7% † 3,927 (±2.3% / ±777.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 12.9% 901,364 (±0.2% / ±13,276.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±5.3% (15,677  ±1,022.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rhea County: 83.3% 19,770 (±4.8% / ±1,149.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,385,619 (±0.4% / ±18,161)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.5% ±2.9% (3,256  ±536.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rhea County: 18.6% † 4,418 (±2.5% / ±604.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tennessee: 31.1% 1,512,601 (±0.2% / ±10,514.8)
  • about half 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

1.8% ±0.9% (480  ±243) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rhea County: 2.7% 929
  • about one-third of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±1.6% (2,034  ±336) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rhea County: 9.3% † 2,478 (±1.5% / ±404)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,034 Total veterans ±336 1,969 Male ±340 65 Female ±54

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