Grainger County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 22,19792.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9243.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5482.3%Two or more races
  • 2130.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1070.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone
  • 320.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 220.09%Asian alone
  • 220.09%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $298,546

Here:	$298,546
State:	$374,382

Townhouses or other attached units: $172,174

Here:	$172,174
State:	$354,101

Mobile homes: $84,814

Here:	$84,814
State:	$101,421

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $54,184

Here:	$54,184
State:	$142,822

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 18
• Burglaries: 33
• Thefts: 102
• Auto thefts: 47

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 62
• Burglaries: 32
• Thefts: 119
• Auto thefts: 32

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $961 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $632 (0.4%)

Area name: Morristown, TN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Grainger County is $394 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $473 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $620 a month.

Cities in this county include: Bean Station, Washburn, Blaine, Thorn Hill, Rutledge.

Neighboring counties: Cheatham County , Chowan County, North Carolina , Izard County, Arkansas , Knox County , Martin County, North Carolina , Rogers County, Oklahoma .

Current college students: 523
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 81.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 722 (36.4% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 602010 or later
• 2892000 to 2009
• 2431990 to 1999
• 161980 to 1989
• 61970 to 1979
• 46Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 97.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 7,538
• One, attached: 49
• Two: 20
• 3 or 4: 171
• 5 to 9: 130
• 10 to 19: 197
• 20 to 49: 18
• 50 or more: 28
• Mobile homes: 3,564
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 168

Housing units in Grainger County with a mortgage: 2,933 (131 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 104 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47

Religion statistics for Grainger County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Grainger 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 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, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 18, 2011 to June 24, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4005: July 20, 2011, FEMA Id: 4005, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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 Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 23, 2002 to March 20, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1408: April 05, 2002, FEMA Id: 1408, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Greenville Fire Complex, Incident Period: October 30, 2000, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 03, 2000, FEMA Id: 2348, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 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
• 4 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10.11% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($54,610 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.08% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($25,732 average AGI)
4.03% relocated from other states ($28,877 average AGI)

Grainger County:	4.03%
Tennessee average:	4.34%

from Knox County, TN	1.83% ($49,142 average AGI)
from Hamblen County, TN	1.11% ($36,649)
from Jefferson County, TN	0.58% ($36,755)
from Hawkins County, TN	0.55% ($37,574)
from Union County, TN	0.48% ($44,585)
from Sevier County, TN	0.26% ($32,955)

7.13% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($41,274 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.74% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($32,689 average AGI)
1.39% relocated to other states ($8,583 average AGI)

Grainger County:	1.39%
Tennessee average:	3.20%

to Knox County, TN	1.26% ($44,233 average AGI)
to Hamblen County, TN	1.22% ($37,180)
to Jefferson County, TN	0.83% ($38,897)
to Hawkins County, TN	0.45% ($48,703)
to Union County, TN	0.45% ($32,135)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 12.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Grainger County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 4,939 (1,555 living alone), Female householders: 4,901 (1,333 living alone)

• 5,092 spouses (5,068 opposite-sex spouses), 504 unmarried partners, (460 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,214 children (5,531 natural, 340 adopted, 344 stepchildren), 647 grandchildren, 305 brothers or sisters, 483 parents, 0 foster children, 296 other relatives, 556 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 143

Size of family households: 3,327 2-persons, 1,617 3-persons, 1,135 4-persons, 382 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 99 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,879 1-person, 306 2-persons, 20 4-persons, 11 5-persons.

2,843 married couples with children.
909 single-parent households (253 men, 656 women).

96.6% of residents of Grainger speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $137,748,000 ($6,282 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $2,778,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $58,250,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $28,657,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $334,000
Federal grants: $45,964,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,278,000 ($630,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,265,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $207,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,133,000
Federal Government insurance: $715,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.03 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Grainger County, Tennessee
• 1102020 or later
• 1,2182010 to 2019
• 1,8922000 to 2009
• 2,7611990 to 1999
• 1,7501980 to 1989
• 1,4031970 to 1979
• 7821960 to 1969
• 5641950 to 1959
• 3371940 to 1949
• 8341939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Grainger County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Grainger County, Tennessee
• 251 room
• 182 rooms
• 2883 rooms
• 1,1334 rooms
• 1,7685 rooms
• 1,8386 rooms
• 1,0187 rooms
• 6408 rooms
• 8899+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grainger County, Tennessee
• 31 room
• 482 rooms
• 3433 rooms
• 6534 rooms
• 3945 rooms
• 3536 rooms
• 1347 rooms
• 2418 rooms
• 809+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Grainger County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Grainger County, Tennessee
• 39no bedroom
• 2651 bedroom
• 1,5772 bedrooms
• 4,3313 bedrooms
• 1,1644 bedrooms
• 1945+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Grainger County, Tennessee
• 3no bedroom
• 3851 bedroom
• 8372 bedrooms
• 7813 bedrooms
• 2324 bedrooms
• 65+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Grainger County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 351no vehicle
• 1,6801 vehicle
• 2,5132 vehicles
• 1,8203 vehicles
• 7274 vehicles
• 4885+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Grainger County in renter-occupied apartments
• 277no vehicle
• 7081 vehicle
• 9282 vehicles
• 1783 vehicles
• 1554 vehicles
• 45+ vehicles

92.0% of Grainger County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 21% 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: 15,675
• Other state: 7,378
• Northeast: 642
• Midwest: 1,469
• South: 4,541
• West: 711

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 952
• Number of aged recipients: 106
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 846
• Number of recipients under 18: 75
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 617
• Number of recipients older than 64: 260
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 411
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 419

Grainger County on our top lists:

• #25 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"