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Roane County, TN

Demographic and economic profile of Roane County, TN, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Roane County is a small East Tennessee county of 54,403 residents with a mature workforce — median age of 47.3 years — where 89.3% hold a high school diploma but only 22.0% have a bachelor's degree or higher, and median worker earnings run $40,065 against a labor force participation rate of 53.6%. Housing costs are low, with a median home value of $212,300 and median gross rent of $767 per month, and the county posted 2.8% population growth over the past five years. GDP per capita of $51,471 exceeds median household income of $71,885 on a per-worker basis, pointing to productivity concentrated among a relatively smaller employed share of the population.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

54,403

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$71,885

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

47.3 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+2.8% since 2018

Roane County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone50,301 (91.1%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races1,514 (2.7%)
  • Black or African American Alone1,409 (2.6%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race1,191 (2.2%)
  • Asian Alone359 (0.7%)
  • Some Other Race Alone281 (0.5%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish541
  2. 2.German or other West Germanic266
  3. 3.Other Asian and Pacific Island182
  4. 4.Other Indo-European170
  5. 5.Korean75

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

18.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

23.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

3,751

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$51,471

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$36,357

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

4.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

12.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance4,800
  2. 2.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services3,566
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)2,623
  4. 4.Manufacturing (Group)2,468
  5. 5.Construction (Group)2,103

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations8,953
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations4,569
  3. 3.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations3,868
  4. 4.Service Occupations3,666
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations2,769

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Public Administration (LQ 1.33×)1,456
  2. 2.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.24×)1,681
  3. 3.Manufacturing (LQ 1.17×)2,699
  4. 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management (LQ 1.17×)3,341
  5. 5.Construction (LQ 1.16×)1,860

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$212,300

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$767/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

78.1%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,9992,751 (15.5%)
  • $300,000 to $399,9992,555 (14.4%)
  • $250,000 to $299,9991,650 (9.3%)
  • $500,000 to $749,9991,566 (8.8%)
  • $400,000 to $499,9991,556 (8.7%)
  • $100,000 to $124,9991,317 (7.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

22.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

89.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

53.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$40,065

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

28.4 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone18,957 (81.2%)
  • Worked At Home2,083 (8.9%)
  • Carpooled1,796 (7.7%)
  • Walked256 (1.1%)
  • Other203 (0.9%)
  • Taxi43 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.