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Rutherford County School District, TN

201,678 Population
555.1 square miles 363.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 34.6 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,645 ±$2,468 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rutherford County: $38,241 ±$1,571
  • about the same as the amount in Tennessee: $38,538 ±$460
$86,194 ±$9,411 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $81,628 ±$3,557
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $67,631 ±$865

10% ±2.9% (20,026  ±5,863) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 9% † 32,601 (±1.9% / ±6,931)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 14% 978,460 (±0.4% / ±30,784)

29.3 minutes ±0.7 (2,587,060  ±86,736) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 28.2 4,553,225 (±0.5 / ±118,122)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 25.7 74,022,190 (±0.1 / ±393,147)

Families

71,022 ±2,427 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 134,245 ±1,840
  • Tennessee: 2,889,226 ±12,211
2.8 ±0.1 (201,136  ±224) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 2.7 362,555 (±0 / ±139)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 6,978,483

3.7% ±1.4% (1,918  ±743) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 4.2% † 4,090 (±1.5% / ±1,433)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tennessee: 5.3% 88,073 (±0.3% / ±5,052)

Housing

74,556 ±2,579 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 141,577 ±73
  • Tennessee: 3,195,170 ±237

$399,300 ±$14,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rutherford County: $406,700 ±$12,570
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Tennessee: $307,300 ±$3,458

8.9% ±1.9% (17,746  ±3,764.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rutherford County: 13.2% † 47,913 (±1.8% / ±6,679.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tennessee: 12.3% 867,809 (±0.4% / ±24,688.2)

Social

91.3% ±4.1% (120,174  ±6,195.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 92.3% 215,966 (±3.5% / ±8,111.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.1% 4,445,327 (±0.7% / ±34,033.9)
31.9% ±2.7% (41,970  ±3,724.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 36.8% 86,055 (±2.2% / ±5,079.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 31.7% 1,562,612 (±0.4% / ±20,107.7)

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

13.1% ±2.1% (26,368  ±4,267) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 12% 43,902
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 6.1% 432,020

5.7% ±1% (8,575  ±1,508) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 5.7% † 15,780 (±0.7% / ±1,993)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 395,624 (±0.2% / ±10,518)
8,575 Total veterans ±1,508 7,818 Male ±1,489 757 Female ±447

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