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Maury County

Tennessee · ACS 2020–2024

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

Total population
107,791
Median household income
$76,130
People below poverty
9.8%
Median home value
$355,700

Income

The median income of households in Maury County, Tennessee was $76,130. An estimated 5.4% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 8% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Maury County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 5.4
$10,000 to $14,999 2.5
$15,000 to $24,999 6.8
$25,000 to $34,999 5.9
$35,000 to $49,999 11.3
$50,000 to $74,999 17.5
$75,000 to $99,999 14.7
$100,000 to $149,999 18.4
$150,000 to $199,999 9.4
$200,000 or more 8

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

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Dollars
Male 63320
Female 49772

An estimated 77.7% of households received earnings. An estimated 31.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 23.2 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $26,121. 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 Maury County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 77.7
Social Security 31.9
Retirement income 23.2
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 4.6
Cash public assistance income 2.1

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 9.8 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 12.8% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 8.1% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 9.2% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Maury County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 9.8
Children under 18 years below poverty 12.8
People 65 years old and over below poverty 8.1
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 9.2

In 2020-2024, 6.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 50.1% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 29.2% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 42% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Maury County, Tennessee in 2020-2024, 91.5% had health insurance coverage and 8.5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 69.4% and public coverage was 34%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 6.2%.


In 2020-2024, Maury County, Tennessee had a total population of 107,791 - 55,271 (51.3%) females and 52,520 (48.7%) males. The median age was 39.1 years. An estimated 22.9% of the population was under 18 years, 33.4% was 19 to 44 years, 24.4% was 45 to 64 years, and 17.1 % was 65 years and older.

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

Male Female
Under 5 3499 3239
5 to 9 3442 3000
10 to 14 3488 3764
15 to 19 3214 3270
20 to 24 2986 2776
25 to 29 3561 3571
30 to 34 3900 4202
35 to 39 3561 3899
40 to 44 3976 3655
45 to 49 2829 3103
50 to 54 3174 3217
55 to 59 3154 3448
60 to 64 3460 3956
65 to 69 2869 3279
70 to 74 2558 2902
75 to 79 1185 1780
80 to 84 1197 1250
85 and over 467 960

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 78.7% were White; 10.4% were Black or African American; 13.3% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 1% were Asian; 7% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 8.2% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 8.1% of the people in Maury County, Tennessee were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 76.3% of the people in Maury County, Tennessee were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 42,306 households in Maury County, Tennessee. The average household size was 2.52 people.

Married-couple households made up 52.3% of the households in Maury County, Tennessee while cohabiting couple households made up 5.3% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 26.3% of all households, while 16.1% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 11.6% of households were male householders living alone, and 15.5% were female householders living alone, for a total of 27.1% of all households.

In Maury County, Tennessee, 30.1% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 30.5% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

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

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Percent
Married-couple households 52.3
Cohabiting Couples 5.3
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
16.1
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
26.3

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 55.8% of males and 51% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 30.7 26.2
Now married, except separated 55.8 51
Separated 1.3 1.4
Widowed 3 8.1
Divorced 9.1 13.3

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Maury County, Tennessee, 1,544 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 52.3% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 96.1% of the people living in Maury County, Tennessee were U.S. natives. 53.8% of the Maury County, Tennessee population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 3.9% of Maury County, Tennessee residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 36.8% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 60.9 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Maury 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 Maury County, Tennessee.

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

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Percent
Latin America 63.4
Asia 16
Europe 14.6
Africa 0.6
Northern America 4.7
Oceania 0.8

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Maury County, Tennessee in 2020-2024, 6.2 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 4.8% of people at least five years old; 1.5% 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 Maury County, Tennessee in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 4.8
Other Indo-European languages 0.6
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.8
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 89.5 % of the people at least one year old living in Maury County, Tennessee were living in the same house one year earlier.

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

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Percent
Same house 89.5
Different house, same county 2.7
Different county, same state 5
Different state 2.8
Abroad 0.1

Education

In 2020-2024, 93.3 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 28% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 6.7% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Maury County, Tennessee was 21,840 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 942 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 17,668. College or graduate school enrollment was 3,230.

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

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 6.7
High school diploma or equivalency 33.9
Some college, no degree 21.6
Associate's degree 9.9
Bachelor's degree 19.4
Graduate or professional degree 8.6

Disability

In Maury County, Tennessee, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 11.6 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 2.1% of people under 18 years old, to 9.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 33.5% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Maury County, Tennessee, 62.4 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 36.1% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 82.3% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 11.4% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 44,095 82.3
Federal, state, or local government workers 6,125 11.4
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 3,205 6

Industries

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

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

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.5
Construction 7.2
Manufacturing 13.1
Wholesale trade 1.8
Retail trade 12.5
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 5.5
Information 2.1
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 7.5
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 10.3
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 23.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 8
Other Services, except public administration 4.9
Public administration 3.4

Occupations

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

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 21,214 39.6
Service occupations 7,194 13.4
Sales and office occupations 12,496 23.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 4,588 8.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 8,097 15.1

Commuting to Work

An estimated 77.2% of Maury County, Tennessee workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 7% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 29 minutes to get to work.

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

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 77.2
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 7
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.2
Walked 1
Other means 0.5
Worked from home 14.1

In 2020-2024, Maury County, Tennessee had a total of 46,159 housing units. Of these housing units, 75.3% 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"). 17.2% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 7.3% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

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

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Percent
Single-family houses 75.3
Apartments in multi-unit structures 17.2
Mobile homes 7.3
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.1

25.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 6.3% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Maury County, Tennessee was 5.7 rooms, and of these housing units 69.9% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Maury County, Tennessee had 42,306 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 3,853 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 70.9% while renters occupied 29.1%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.61 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.3.

6.8% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 7.2% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 2.8% and another 26.5% had three or more vehicles available for use.

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

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

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Percent
Gas 31.2
Electricity 67.3
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.5
All other fuels 0.7
No fuel used 0.3

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Maury County, Tennessee was $355,700.

Of the owner-occupied households, 62.9 % had a mortgage. 37.1% 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 $1,666 and for owners without a mortgage it was $507.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Maury County, Tennessee was $1,300. 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.