Union County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 19,05494.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6043.0%Two or more races
  • 4222.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1060.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 200.10%Some other race alone
  • 50.02%Asian alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $287,877

Here:	$287,877
State:	$374,382

Townhouses or other attached units: $155,468

Here:	$155,468
State:	$354,101

Mobile homes: $89,698

Here:	$89,698
State:	$101,421

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 29
• Burglaries: 58
• Thefts: 108
• Auto thefts: 26

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 34
• Burglaries: 51
• Thefts: 98
• Auto thefts: 32

Health of residents in Union County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $742 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $689 (0.4%)

Area name: Knoxville, TN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Union County is $472 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $569 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $762 a month.

Cities in this county include: Sharps Chapel, Plainview, Maynardville, Luttrell.

Neighboring counties: Harding County, New Mexico , Santa Fe County, New Mexico , Major County, Oklahoma , Macon County , Patrick County, Virginia .

Current college students: 379
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 13.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 84 (68.5% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 12010 or later
• 112000 to 2009
• 341990 to 1999
• 141980 to 1989
• 51970 to 1979
• 22Before 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: 7,068
• One, attached: 145
• Two: 36
• 3 or 4: 14
• 5 to 9: 151
• 10 to 19: 86
• Mobile homes: 2,287
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 23

Housing units in Union County with a mortgage: 3,262 (137 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 117 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35

Religion statistics for Union County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Union County:

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, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 28, 2011 to March 01, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1965: March 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 1965, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 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: 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 Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 23, 1998 to December 29, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1260: January 15, 1999, FEMA Id: 1260, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: April 16, 1998 to May 18, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1215: April 20, 1998, FEMA Id: 1215, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee Ice Storm, Severe Winter Storm, Flash Flooding, Incident Period: February 09, 1994 to February 11, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1010: February 28, 1994, FEMA Id: 1010, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Winter Storm, Flash Flood
• Tennessee Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3095: March 14, 1993, FEMA Id: 3095, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
• Tennessee SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 06, 1984 to May 11, 1984, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-708: May 25, 1984, FEMA Id: 708, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10.85% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($58,082 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.52% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($32,635 average AGI)
3.34% relocated from other states ($25,449 average AGI)

Union County:	3.34%
Tennessee average:	4.34%

from Knox County, TN	4.48% ($50,725 average AGI)
from Anderson County, TN	0.54% ($53,842)
from Claiborne County, TN	0.53% ($39,811)
from Grainger County, TN	0.53% ($32,135)

8.21% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,323 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.71% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($32,898 average AGI)
1.50% relocated to other states ($5,425 average AGI)

Union County:	1.50%
Tennessee average:	3.20%

to Knox County, TN	3.35% ($42,661 average AGI)
to Grainger County, TN	0.60% ($44,585)
to Claiborne County, TN	0.53% ($40,083)
to Anderson County, TN	0.52% ($37,143)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Union County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,735 (797 living alone), Female householders: 4,187 (761 living alone)

• 4,409 spouses (4,409 opposite-sex spouses), 815 unmarried partners, (703 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,346 children (4,545 natural, 238 adopted, 547 stepchildren), 560 grandchildren, 110 brothers or sisters, 348 parents, 43 foster children, 329 other relatives, 266 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 171

Size of family households: 2,835 2-persons, 1,403 3-persons, 1,211 4-persons, 429 5-persons, 107 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,555 1-person, 254 2-persons, 16 4-persons, 24 5-persons.

2,530 married couples with children.
1,128 single-parent households (209 men, 919 women).

97.9% of residents of Union speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $78,547,000 ($4,159 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,290,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $36,940,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $15,272,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $36,000
Federal grants: $24,169,000
Federal procurement contracts: $409,000 ($12,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $1,720,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,006,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,516,000
Federal Government insurance: $267,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.57 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Union County, Tennessee
• 362020 or later
• 1,1152010 to 2019
• 2,4912000 to 2009
• 1,8561990 to 1999
• 1,4261980 to 1989
• 1,1201970 to 1979
• 7021960 to 1969
• 3431950 to 1959
• 2061940 to 1949
• 4291939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Union County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Union County, Tennessee
• 981 room
• 112 rooms
• 1183 rooms
• 5974 rooms
• 1,7385 rooms
• 1,5336 rooms
• 8797 rooms
• 6078 rooms
• 7819+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union County, Tennessee
• 01 room
• 42 rooms
• 1423 rooms
• 4754 rooms
• 3265 rooms
• 2676 rooms
• 1367 rooms
• 898 rooms
• 839+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Union County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Union County, Tennessee
• 117no bedroom
• 1011 bedroom
• 1,2572 bedrooms
• 3,9233 bedrooms
• 8694 bedrooms
• 1095+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Union County, Tennessee
• 0no bedroom
• 961 bedroom
• 6802 bedrooms
• 6283 bedrooms
• 1144 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Union County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 145no vehicle
• 1,2991 vehicle
• 2,7562 vehicles
• 1,4703 vehicles
• 4524 vehicles
• 2795+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Union County in renter-occupied apartments
• 105no vehicle
• 5351 vehicle
• 5482 vehicles
• 2003 vehicles
• 1474 vehicles
• 165+ vehicles

93.0% of Union County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 14,686
• Other state: 5,147
• Northeast: 533
• Midwest: 1,701
• South: 2,602
• West: 270

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 874
• Number of aged recipients: 46
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 828
• Number of recipients under 18: 85
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 618
• Number of recipients older than 64: 171
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 311
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 374

Union County on our top lists:

• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"