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Loudon County

Tennessee · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
58,580
Median household income
$84,185
People below poverty
12.6%
Median home value
$348,000

Income

The median income of households in Loudon County, Tennessee was $84,185. An estimated 3.3% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 11.1% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 3.3
$10,000 to $14,999 2.8
$15,000 to $24,999 4.9
$25,000 to $34,999 7.2
$35,000 to $49,999 11.1
$50,000 to $74,999 15.5
$75,000 to $99,999 14.1
$100,000 to $149,999 22.2
$150,000 to $199,999 7.7
$200,000 or more 11.1

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 59830
Female 48963

An estimated 67.7% of households received earnings. An estimated 44.5% of households received Social Security and an estimated 33.6 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $29,906. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 67.7
Social Security 44.5
Retirement income 33.6
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 4.8
Cash public assistance income 1.3

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 12.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 25.5% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 6.3% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 11.3% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 12.6
Children under 18 years below poverty 25.5
People 65 years old and over below poverty 6.3
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 11.3

In 2020-2024, 6.4 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 44.8% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 49.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 26.7% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024, 91.2% had health insurance coverage and 8.8% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 67.4% and public coverage was 43.7%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 4.9%.


In 2020-2024, Loudon County, Tennessee had a total population of 58,580 - 29,593 (50.5%) females and 28,987 (49.5%) males. The median age was 48.8 years. An estimated 19% of the population was under 18 years, 24.3% was 19 to 44 years, 27.4% was 45 to 64 years, and 27.5 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 1509 1229
5 to 9 1952 1273
10 to 14 1379 1843
15 to 19 1591 1340
20 to 24 1339 1311
25 to 29 1459 1398
30 to 34 1516 1390
35 to 39 1303 1790
40 to 44 1433 1352
45 to 49 1746 1646
50 to 54 1736 1875
55 to 59 2142 2205
60 to 64 2301 2399
65 to 69 2458 2791
70 to 74 2058 2189
75 to 79 1560 1620
80 to 84 906 957
85 and over 599 985

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 87.2% were White; 1.3% were Black or African American; 15.2% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.9% were Asian; 0.6% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 9.1% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 10.4% of the people in Loudon County, Tennessee were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 85.2% of the people in Loudon County, Tennessee were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 24,056 households in Loudon County, Tennessee. The average household size was 2.42 people.

Married-couple households made up 60.2% of the households in Loudon County, Tennessee while cohabiting couple households made up 5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 20.9% of all households, while 13.9% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 10.1% of households were male householders living alone, and 13.8% were female householders living alone, for a total of 23.9% of all households.

In Loudon County, Tennessee, 23.5% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 44.2% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 60.2
Cohabiting Couples 5
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
13.9
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
20.9

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 64.3% of males and 59.7% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 22.1 17
Now married, except separated 64.3 59.7
Separated 1.3 1.2
Widowed 2.9 10.7
Divorced 9.4 11.5

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Loudon County, Tennessee, 883 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 37.5% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 93.2% of the people living in Loudon County, Tennessee were U.S. natives. 51.6% of the Loudon County, Tennessee population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 6.8% of Loudon County, Tennessee residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 32.8% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 64.6 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Loudon County, Tennessee come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Loudon County, Tennessee.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 70.1
Asia 12.3
Europe 14.3
Africa 0.5
Northern America 1.5
Oceania 1.3

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024, 8.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 7.3% of people at least five years old; 4.4% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 7.3
Other Indo-European languages 1.1
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.4
Other languages 0.1

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 92.1 % of the people at least one year old living in Loudon County, Tennessee were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 92.1
Different house, same county 2.8
Different county, same state 3.3
Different state 1.6
Abroad 0.1

Education

In 2020-2024, 89.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 29.4% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 10.4% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Loudon County, Tennessee was 10,482 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 529 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 8,095. College or graduate school enrollment was 1,858.

Educational Attainment of People in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 10.4
High school diploma or equivalency 31.1
Some college, no degree 20
Associate's degree 9.1
Bachelor's degree 18.2
Graduate or professional degree 11.2

Disability

In Loudon County, Tennessee, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 14.8 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 6.7% of people under 18 years old, to 10.1% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 29.4% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Loudon County, Tennessee, 53.2 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 45.1% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 80.5% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 12.8% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 6.5 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 20,813 80.5
Federal, state, or local government workers 3,305 12.8
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 1,678 6.5

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Loudon County, Tennessee worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 2.9
Construction 7.7
Manufacturing 14.6
Wholesale trade 2.1
Retail trade 13.7
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 7.8
Information 1.3
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 5.6
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 11.5
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 17.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 6.4
Other Services, except public administration 5.1
Public administration 3.8

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 8,752 33.9
Service occupations 3,483 13.5
Sales and office occupations 6,063 23.5
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 2,960 11.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 4,584 17.7

Commuting to Work

An estimated 79.5% of Loudon County, Tennessee workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 7.2% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 24.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 79.5
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 7.2
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 0.3
Other means 0.9
Worked from home 12

In 2020-2024, Loudon County, Tennessee had a total of 26,043 housing units. Of these housing units, 84.8% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 7.6% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 7.5% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 84.8
Apartments in multi-unit structures 7.6
Mobile homes 7.5
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.1

18.8% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 6.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Loudon County, Tennessee was 6 rooms, and of these housing units 76.1% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Loudon County, Tennessee had 24,056 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,987 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 80.3% while renters occupied 19.7%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.37 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.6.

4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 8.5% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 3.8% and another 30.2% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Loudon County, Tennessee:

House Heating Fuel Used in Loudon County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 32.9
Electricity 65.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.3
All other fuels 1.2
No fuel used 0.2

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Loudon County, Tennessee was $348,000.

Of the owner-occupied households, 54.7 % had a mortgage. 45.3% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,525 and for owners without a mortgage it was $445.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Loudon County, Tennessee was $1,062. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.