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Roane County School District, TN

51,344 Population
319.5 square miles 160.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Roane County: 47.3 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,342 ±$1,907 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Roane County: $39,403 ±$1,790
  • a little less than the amount in Tennessee: $39,437 ±$230
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,513 ±$4,193 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Roane County: $71,885 ±$3,521
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $69,595 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±1.8% (6,411  ±918) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Roane County: 12% † 6,554 (±1.7% / ±913)
  • 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)

28.6 minutes ±1.4 (569,705  ±35,675) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Roane County: 28.4 602,995 (±1.3 / ±36,151)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,287,850 (±0.1 / ±416,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,186 ±370 Number of households
  • Roane County: 22,790 ±383
  • Tennessee: 2,824,277 ±6,378
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (50,887  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Roane County: 2.4 54,728 (±0 / ±18)
  • about the same as the figure in Tennessee: 2.5 6,917,933
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±2.2% (662  ±228) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Roane County: 6.8% † 748 (±2.1% / ±229)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 5.2% 86,308 (±0.2% / ±2,508)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,024 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Roane County: 25,680 ±36
  • Tennessee: 3,143,670 ±903
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$224,300 ±$9,476 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Roane County: $232,900 ±$8,429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tennessee: $286,700 ±$1,492
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±1.7% (5,684  ±855.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Roane County: 11.4% † 6,236 (±1.7% / ±923.4)
  • 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

89.1% ±3.4% (33,906  ±1,300.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Roane County: 89.7% 36,771 (±3.2% / ±1,328.9)
  • 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)
19.8% ±1.6% (7,541  ±625.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roane County: 22.1% 9,074 (±1.6% / ±655.6)
  • 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

1.3% ±0.4% (671  ±190) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Roane County: 1.4% 787
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 431,545
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±1% (3,431  ±395) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Roane County: 8.4% † 3,751 (±0.9% / ±389)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.3% 399,814 (±0.1% / ±5,074)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,431 Total veterans ±395 3,175 Male ±355 256 Female ±138

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