Huntsville, TN

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2020 Population

1,475

1.27% 1-year decline

US Senator

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Party

US Senator

Bill Hagerty

Republican Party

2020 Median Age

0.249% 1-year decrease

2020 Poverty Rate

46.6%

0.304% 1-year decrease

2020 Median Household Income

$23,611

4.16% 1-year growth

2020 Median Property Value

$128,700

6.63% 1-year growth

About

In 2020, Huntsville, TN had a population of 1.48k people with a median age of 40 and a median household income of $23,611. Between 2019 and 2020 the population of Huntsville, TN declined from 1,494 to 1,475, a −1.27% decrease and its median household income grew from $22,669 to $23,611, a 4.16% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Huntsville, TN are White (Non-Hispanic) (91.3%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (4.41%), American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) (2.78%), White (Hispanic) (1.22%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (0.203%).

None of the households in Huntsville, TN reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.8% of the residents in Huntsville, TN are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Huntsville, TN are Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville (147 degrees awarded in 2020).

In 2020, the median property value in Huntsville, TN was $128,700, and the homeownership rate was 40%.

Most people in Huntsville, TN drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20 minutes. The average car ownership in Huntsville, TN was 3 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Huntsville, TN is home to a population of 1.48k people, from which 99.8% are citizens. As of 2020, 0.881% of Huntsville, TN residents were born outside of the country (13 people).

In 2020, there were 20.7 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.35k people) in Huntsville, TN than any other race or ethnicity. There were 65 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 41 American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

99.8%

2020 Citizenship

99.4%

2019 Citizenship

As of 2020, 99.8% of Huntsville, TN residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.4%. In 2019, the percentage of US citizens in Huntsville, TN was 99.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Huntsville, TN compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Huntsville, TN

White (Non-Hispanic)
1.35k ± 464
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
65 ± 41
American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
41 ± 61

1.22%

Hispanic Population

18 people

1.22% of the people in Huntsville, TN are hispanic (18 people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Huntsville, TN as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

0.881%

2020 Foreign-Born Population

13 people

1.27%

2019 Foreign-Born Population

19 people

As of 2020, 0.881% of Huntsville, TN residents (13 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.5%. In 2019, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Huntsville, TN was 1.27%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Huntsville, TN compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
27 ± 27
Korea
6 ± 18
Gulf War (2001-)
4 ± 20

Huntsville, TN has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 4.5 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Huntsville, TN employs 372 people. The largest industries in Huntsville, TN are Manufacturing (61 people), Public Administration (59 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (46 people), and the highest paying industries are Transportation & Warehousing ($51,719), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($51,406), and Manufacturing ($29,688).

Employment

Occupations

372

2020 Value

± 114

−5.82%

1 Year decline

± 45.7%

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Huntsville, TN declined at a rate of −5.82%, from 395 employees to 372 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Huntsville, TN, are Production Occupations (73 people), Transportation Occupations (44 people), and Management Occupations (31 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Huntsville, TN.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Tennessee.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Tennessee (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

372

2020 Value

± 114

−5.82%

1 Year decline

± 45.7%

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Huntsville, TN declined at a rate of −5.82%, from 395 employees to 372 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Huntsville, TN, are Manufacturing (61 people), Public Administration (59 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (46 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Huntsville, TN, though some of these residents may live in Huntsville, TN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$29,583

Median earning men ± $3,413

$21,591

Median earning women ± $6,884

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2020 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($51,406), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($33,750), and Public Administration ($30,625).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2020 are Manufacturing ($19,792), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($15,278), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($9,265).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Tennessee.

Y-Axis

8.45%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 145M people employed in Tennessee. This represents a 8.45% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Tennessee.

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Domestic Trade

Domestic Production & Consumption

Domestic production and consumption consists of products and services shipped from Tennessee to other states, or from other states to Tennessee.

Top Domestic Production in Dollars

In 2020, the top outbound Tennessee product (by dollars) was Electronics with $66B, followed by Mixed freight ($49B) and Pharmaceuticals ($47B).

The following chart shows the share of these products in relation to all outbound Tennessee products.

Domestic Trade Growth

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$498B

2020 Value in Tennessee

$1.05T

Projected 2050 Value in Tennessee

111% growth

In 2020, total outbound Tennessee trade was $498B. This is expected to increase 111% to $1.05T by 2050.

The following chart shows how the domestic outbound Tennessee trade is projected to change in comparison to its neighboring states.

Interstate Trade

Interstate trade consists of products and services shipped from Tennessee to other states, or from other states to Tennessee.

Most Common Trade Partners

Georgia
$36.6B
Texas
$29.5B
California
$26.2B

In 2020, the top outbound Tennessee domestic partner for goods and services (by dollars) was Georgia with $36.6B, followed by Texas with $29.5B and California and $26.2B.

The following map shows the amount of trade that Tennessee shares with each state (excluding itself).

Civics

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are the senators currently representing the state of Tennessee. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Tennessee is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senators Elections

US Senators from Tennessee

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Marsha Blackburn

Senator from Tennessee

Assumed office on January 3, 2019

Bill Hagerty

Senator from Tennessee

Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are the senators currently representing Tennessee.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Tennessee over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representatives Elections

US Representatives from Tennessee

Tennessee is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Tennessee have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2020, universities in Huntsville, TN awarded 147 degrees. The student population of Huntsville, TN in 2020 is skewed towards men, with 198 male students and 90 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Huntsville, TN are White (145 and 98.6%), followed by Two or More Races (2 and 1.36%), Asian (0 and 0%), and Black or African American (0 and 0%).

The largest universities in Huntsville, TN by number of degrees awarded are Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Oneida-Huntsville (147 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Huntsville, TN are General Electrical & Power Transmission Installation (35 and 23.8%), Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurse Training (25 and 17%), and Nursing Assistant & Patient Care Assistant (22 and 15%).

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2020, 0.713% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.697% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2020 were High School or Equivalent (1.71M), Some college (1.19M), and Bachelors Degree (883k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Huntsville, TN was $128,700 in 2020, which is 0.56 times smaller than the national average of $229,800. Between 2019 and 2020 the median property value increased from $120,700 to $128,700, a 6.63% increase. The homeownership rate in Huntsville, TN is 40%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.4%.

People in Huntsville, TN have an average commute time of 20 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Huntsville, TN is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Property

$128,700

Median Property Value 2020

±$44,998

$205

Median Property Taxes

±$89

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Huntsville, TN the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Huntsville, TN compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

40%

Homeownership

2020

59.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2020

In 2020, 40% of the housing units in Huntsville, TN were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 44.9%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Huntsville, TN compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Census Tract 9753

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

The following map shows all of the places in Huntsville, TN colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$23,611

Median Household Income

± $6,002

512

Number of Households

± 132

In 2020, the median household income of the 512 households in Huntsville, TN grew to $23,611 from the previous year's value of $22,669.

The following chart displays the households in Huntsville, TN distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Huntsville, TN is from Tennessee.

0.463

2020 Wage GINI in Tennessee

0.465

2019 Wage GINI in Tennessee

In 2020, the income inequality in Tennessee was 0.463 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.436% decline from 2019 to 2020, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Tennessee was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Tennessee in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Tennessee across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2020

Drove Alone (74.6%)
Carpooled (21.4%)
Other (2.25%)

In 2020, 74.6% of workers in Huntsville, TN drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (21.4%) and those who used some unspecified means to get work (2.25%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

20 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Huntsville, TN have a shorter commute time (20 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.9 minutes). Additionally, 3.1% of the workforce in Huntsville, TN have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Huntsville, TN compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Huntsville, TN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Huntsville, TN have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

46.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Huntsville, TN (561 out of 1.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.8%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 6 - 11, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Huntsville, TN is White, followed by Native American and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

93.1% of the population of Huntsville, TN has health coverage, with 20.3% on employee plans, 48.6% on Medicaid, 12.9% on Medicare, 10.8% on non-group plans, and 0.498% on military or VA plans.

Per capita personal health care spending in Tennessee was $7,372 in 2014. This is a 3.74% increase from the previous year ($7,106).

Primary care physicians in Scott County, TN see 2755 patients per year on average, which represents a 12.8% increase from the previous year (2443 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 3153 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 2006 patients per year.

COVID-19

Daily New Cases by Date

Showing data at the state level for Tennessee. Hospitalization data for some states may be delayed or not reported.

Y-Axis

This chart shows the number of COVID-19 daily new cases by date in Tennessee, as a 7-day rolling average, compared with the four states with the most similar number of confirmed cases.

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Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the country level. Showing data for Scott County, TN.

2,755 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Scott County, TN

Primary care physicians in Scott County, TN see an average of 2,755 patients per year. This represents a 12.8% increase from the previous year (2,443 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Scott County, TN in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Community Mobility

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Tennessee.

This chart presents movement trends over time in the state of Tennessee across different categories of places such as retail and recreation, groceries and pharmacies, parks, transit stations, workplaces, and residential.

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Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2020, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 28.4% under 18 years, 18.1% between 18 and 34 years, 39.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 40.4% were men and 59.6% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

6.88%

Uninsured

20.3%

Employer Coverage

48.6%

Medicaid

12.9%

Medicare

10.8%

Non-Group

0.498%

Military or VA

Between 2019 and 2020, the percent of uninsured citizens in Huntsville, TN declined by 7.2% from 7.42% to 6.88%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Huntsville, TN changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.