Rhea County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 29,33186.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,9505.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,7495.2%Two or more races
  • 5501.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1550.5%Asian alone
  • 1240.4%Some other race alone
  • 170.05%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $303,448

Here:	$303,448
State:	$374,382

Townhouses or other attached units: $243,884

Here:	$243,884
State:	$354,101

Mobile homes: $123,048

Here:	$123,048
State:	$101,421

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 49
• Burglaries: 29
• Thefts: 125
• Auto thefts: 19

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 66
• Burglaries: 29
• Thefts: 168
• Auto thefts: 54

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $880 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $739 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rhea County is $368 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $460 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $611 a month.

Cities in this county include: Dayton, Spring City, Graysville.

Neighboring counties: Kern County, California , Edgecombe County, North Carolina , Lenoir County, North Carolina , Maury County , Wayne County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 1,202
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 893 (26.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1982010 or later
• 3032000 to 2009
• 2601990 to 1999
• 791980 to 1989
• 121970 to 1979
• 91Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 10,608
• One, attached: 134
• Two: 564
• 3 or 4: 566
• 5 to 9: 251
• 10 to 19: 53
• 20 or more: 68
• Mobile homes: 3,204
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Housing units in Rhea County with a mortgage: 4,612 (295 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 228 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 178

Religion statistics for Rhea County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Rhea County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 19, 2019 - March 30, 2019, FEMA Id: 4427, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: May 27, 2017 - May 28, 2017, FEMA Id: 4320, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4211: April 02, 2015, FEMA Id: 4211, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 25, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1974: May 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 1974, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3217: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3217, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 16, 2004 to September 20, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1568: October 07, 2004, FEMA Id: 1568, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1464: May 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1464, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 2003 to February 26, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1456: March 20, 2003, FEMA Id: 1456, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Chattanooga Complex Fire, Incident Period: November 03, 2001, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 03, 2001, FEMA Id: 2387, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.39% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($59,307 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.56% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($24,978 average AGI)
3.83% relocated from other states ($34,328 average AGI)

Rhea County:	3.83%
Tennessee average:	4.34%

from Hamilton County, TN	1.78% ($47,612 average AGI)
from Bledsoe County, TN	0.34% ($31,872)
from Roane County, TN	0.32% ($45,081)
from Bradley County, TN	0.30% ($35,800)
from Cumberland County, TN	0.29% ($40,000)
from Meigs County, TN	0.21% ($53,750)
from Knox County, TN	0.19% ($47,909)

6.47% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($40,499 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.37% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($26,294 average AGI)
2.10% relocated to other states ($14,204 average AGI)

Rhea County:	2.10%
Tennessee average:	3.20%

to Hamilton County, TN	1.31% ($42,047 average AGI)
to Bledsoe County, TN	0.51% ($39,069)
to Bradley County, TN	0.38% ($37,000)
to Roane County, TN	0.31% ($44,857)
to Cumberland County, TN	0.26% ($35,586)
to McMinn County, TN	0.24% ($40,852)
to Meigs County, TN	0.22% ($37,120)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Rhea County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,291 (1,587 living alone), Female householders: 7,079 (1,270 living alone)

• 6,766 spouses (6,766 opposite-sex spouses), 1,207 unmarried partners, (1,147 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 8,421 children (7,636 natural, 230 adopted, 544 stepchildren), 1,477 grandchildren, 96 brothers or sisters, 228 parents, 31 foster children, 488 other relatives, 842 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 734

Size of family households: 4,423 2-persons, 2,376 3-persons, 1,747 4-persons, 815 5-persons, 306 6-persons, 100 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,846 1-person, 623 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 49 7-or-more-persons.

4,039 married couples with children.
1,890 single-parent households (346 men, 1,544 women).

95.5% of residents of Rhea speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $250,338,000 ($8,403 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,121,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $81,937,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $42,880,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $760,000
Federal grants: $50,094,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,485,000 ($463,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $70,182,000 ($691,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,054,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,521,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,424,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.50 millions of gallons per day (23% from ground, 77% from surface)

• Year house built in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 632020 or later
• 1,7572010 to 2019
• 3,1042000 to 2009
• 2,7971990 to 1999
• 2,0051980 to 1989
• 2,5391970 to 1979
• 1,2551960 to 1969
• 7411950 to 1959
• 4491940 to 1949
• 5861939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Rhea County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 01 room
• 1052 rooms
• 4063 rooms
• 9004 rooms
• 2,0855 rooms
• 2,0046 rooms
• 1,6367 rooms
• 1,2748 rooms
• 1,4779+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 611 room
• 1372 rooms
• 3863 rooms
• 1,1484 rooms
• 9125 rooms
• 4586 rooms
• 1617 rooms
• 568 rooms
• 1809+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Rhea County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 16no bedroom
• 2281 bedroom
• 1,3242 bedrooms
• 5,9023 bedrooms
• 1,8104 bedrooms
• 5585+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 63no bedroom
• 2921 bedroom
• 1,5892 bedrooms
• 1,2223 bedrooms
• 2924 bedrooms
• 495+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Rhea County, Tennessee in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rhea County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 376no vehicle
• 1,8441 vehicle
• 4,0712 vehicles
• 1,9233 vehicles
• 1,0814 vehicles
• 5525+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rhea County in renter-occupied apartments
• 474no vehicle
• 1,7431 vehicle
• 8922 vehicles
• 2363 vehicles
• 804 vehicles
• 1085+ vehicles

84.2% of Rhea County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Tennessee.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 22,223
• Other state: 10,224
• Northeast: 878
• Midwest: 3,494
• South: 4,676
• West: 1,135

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,009
• Number of aged recipients: 78
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 931
• Number of recipients under 18: 88
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 700
• Number of recipients older than 64: 221
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 380
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 455