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37881

Thorn Hill, TN · ACS 2020–2024

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

Total population
1,677
Median household income
$37,443
People below poverty
24.4%
Median home value
$111,900

Income

The median income of households in 37881 was $37,443. An estimated 5.5% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 1.5% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 5.5
$10,000 to $14,999 7.7
$15,000 to $24,999 18.9
$25,000 to $34,999 14.9
$35,000 to $49,999 15.6
$50,000 to $74,999 14.5
$75,000 to $99,999 9.1
$100,000 to $149,999 5.5
$150,000 to $199,999 6.8
$200,000 or more 1.5

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 36655
Female 32407

An estimated 51.3% of households received earnings. An estimated 54.8% of households received Social Security and an estimated 39.1 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $21,970. 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 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 51.3
Social Security 54.8
Retirement income 39.1
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 10.7
Cash public assistance income 2.3

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 24.4 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 36% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 20% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 24.6% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 24.4
Children under 18 years below poverty 36
People 65 years old and over below poverty 20
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 24.6

In 2020-2024, 18.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 15.6% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 74.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 37% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 37881 in 2020-2024, 83.7% had health insurance coverage and 16.3% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 50.2% and public coverage was 54.5%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 19.9%.


In 2020-2024, 37881 had a total population of 1,677 - 810 (48.3%) females and 867 (51.7%) males. The median age was 56.7 years. An estimated 11.3% of the population was under 18 years, 22.6% was 19 to 44 years, 34.2% was 45 to 64 years, and 30.5 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 37881 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 20 51
5 to 9 14 5
10 to 14 33 28
15 to 19 31 30
20 to 24 27 45
25 to 29 70 24
30 to 34 29 32
35 to 39 15 39
40 to 44 75 24
45 to 49 97 47
50 to 54 41 28
55 to 59 81 60
60 to 64 70 150
65 to 69 72 55
70 to 74 45 59
75 to 79 78 49
80 to 84 60 63
85 and over 9 21

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 93.8% were White; 0% were Black or African American; 31.2% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0% were Asian; 0% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 4.7% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 3.9% of the people in 37881 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 93.8% of the people in 37881 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 739 households in 37881. The average household size was 2.27 people.

Married-couple households made up 44.1% of the households in 37881 while cohabiting couple households made up 7.6% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 30.3% of all households, while 18% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 13.1% of households were male householders living alone, and 14.5% were female householders living alone, for a total of 27.6% of all households.

In 37881, 24.2% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 46.8% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 44.1
Cohabiting Couples 7.6
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
18
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
30.3

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 48.5% of males and 44.6% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 28.5 14.7
Now married, except separated 48.5 44.6
Separated 0 3.6
Widowed 5.4 15.4
Divorced 17.6 21.6

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 37881, 54 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 77.8% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 95.6% of the people living in 37881 were U.S. natives. 56.4% of the 37881 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 4.4% of 37881 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 16.2% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 51.4 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 37881 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 37881.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 67.6
Asia 0
Europe 32.4
Africa 0
Northern America 0
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 37881 in 2020-2024, 3.4 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 3.1% of people at least five years old; 3.1% 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 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 3.1
Other Indo-European languages 0.3
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0
Other languages 0

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 98.2 % of the people at least one year old living in 37881 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 98.2
Different house, same county 0.2
Different county, same state 0
Different state 1.6
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 72.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 8.5% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 27.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 37881 was 144 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 2 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 118. College or graduate school enrollment was 24.

Educational Attainment of People in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 27.2
High school diploma or equivalency 42.8
Some college, no degree 17.8
Associate's degree 3.7
Bachelor's degree 4.2
Graduate or professional degree 4.2

Disability

In 37881, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 26.2 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.8% of people under 18 years old, to 20.1% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 46% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 37881, 39.5 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 57.8% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 90.7% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 7.4% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 1.9 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 536 90.7
Federal, state, or local government workers 44 7.4
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 11 1.9

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 37881 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.5
Construction 6.9
Manufacturing 48.4
Wholesale trade 0.8
Retail trade 2.4
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 3.4
Information 0
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 1.9
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 9.6
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 16.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 6.4
Other Services, except public administration 0.5
Public administration 3

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 37881 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 99 16.8
Service occupations 43 7.3
Sales and office occupations 70 11.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 86 14.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 293 49.6

Commuting to Work

An estimated 69.5% of 37881 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 20.5% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 38.6 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 69.5
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 20.5
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 0
Other means 1.4
Worked from home 8.6

In 2020-2024, 37881 had a total of 1,106 housing units. Of these housing units, 80.8% 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"). 0% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 18.1% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 80.8
Apartments in multi-unit structures 0
Mobile homes 18.1
Boat, RV, van, etc 1.1

9.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 21.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 37881 was 5.6 rooms, and of these housing units 70.5% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 37881 had 739 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 367 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 80% while renters occupied 20%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.34 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.97.

1.9% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 21.8% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 4.7% and another 26.5% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 37881:

House Heating Fuel Used in 37881 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 13
Electricity 69
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0
All other fuels 17
No fuel used 0.9

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 37881 was $111,900.

Of the owner-occupied households, 28.9 % had a mortgage. 71.1% 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 $853 and for owners without a mortgage it was $285.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 37881 was $699. 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.