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Rutherford County School District, TN

209,887 Population
554.9 square miles 378.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 34.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Tennessee: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,906 ±$3,281 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rutherford County: $41,747 ±$2,404
  • a little higher than the amount in Tennessee: $40,729 ±$499
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$95,071 ±$4,876 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Rutherford County: $90,240 ±$5,756
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Tennessee: $71,997 ±$638
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.8% ±2.3% (24,497  ±4,682) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 10.7% † 39,522 (±1.7% / ±6,334)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tennessee: 13.5% 951,389 (±0.4% / ±29,075)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.3 minutes ±0.5 (2,602,850  ±80,683) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 28.1 4,564,590 (±0.5 / ±114,239)
  • 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

69,677 ±2,663 Number of households
  • Rutherford County: 133,672 ±2,540
  • Tennessee: 2,928,765 ±12,443
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3 ±0.1 (209,237  ±1,607) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rutherford County: 2.8 371,665 (±0.1 / ±140)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Tennessee: 2.4 7,076,024
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.1% ±2.3% (3,616  ±1,213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 5.8% † 5,868 (±1.7% / ±1,724)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tennessee: 5% 85,751 (±0.3% / ±5,121)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

73,742 ±2,544 Number of housing units
  • Rutherford County: 145,373 ±73
  • Tennessee: 3,243,954 ±269
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$421,800 ±$15,577 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Rutherford County: $436,100 ±$12,560
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tennessee: $332,600 ±$2,448
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±2.2% (23,842  ±4,614.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rutherford County: 15.2% † 56,345 (±2.3% / ±8,555.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Tennessee: 12.2% 870,662 (±0.4% / ±27,185.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.9% ±4.1% (125,979  ±6,648.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutherford County: 92.9% 221,839 (±3.9% / ±9,389)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 90.6% 4,525,310 (±0.7% / ±34,588.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.1% ±2.6% (45,861  ±3,841.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rutherford County: 36.6% 87,469 (±2.4% / ±5,666.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Tennessee: 32.4% 1,619,754 (±0.4% / ±20,980.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.6% ±1.9% (28,620  ±3,899) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 11% 41,287
  • more than double the rate in Tennessee: 6.5% 472,751
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.4% ±1.4% (13,121  ±2,113) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutherford County: 7.6% † 21,746 (±0.9% / ±2,689)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tennessee: 7.1% 400,477 (±0.2% / ±11,394)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
13,121 Total veterans ±2,113 11,633 Male ±1,897 1,488 Female ±862

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