La Grange, TN

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Party

US Senator

Bill Hagerty

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

67.5

1.46% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

12.9%

4.15% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$56,250

16.4% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

Economy

The economy of La Grange, TN employs 24 people. In 2024, the largest industries in La Grange, TN were Retail Trade (10 people), Manufacturing (6 people), and Construction (3 people), and the highest paying industries were Retail Trade ($22,500).

Employment

Occupations

2024 Value

± 91

9.09%

1 Year growth

± 511%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in La Grange, TN grew at a rate of 9.09%, from 22 employees to 24 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in La Grange, TN, are Sales & Related Occupations (8 people), Production Occupations (6 people), and Management Occupations (5 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of La Grange, 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.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2024 Value

± 91

9.09%

1 Year growth

± 511%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in La Grange, TN grew at a rate of 9.09%, from 22 employees to 24 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in La Grange, TN, are Retail Trade (10 people), Manufacturing (6 people), and Construction (3 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of La Grange, TN, though some of these residents may live in La Grange, TN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$35,625

Median earning men ± $28,897

$11,250

Median earning women ± $44,941

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($9,500).

Housing & Living

The median property value in La Grange, TN was $436,400 in 2024, which is 1.31 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $366,700 to $436,400, a 19% increase. The homeownership rate in La Grange, TN is 76.9%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in La Grange, TN have an average commute time of 37.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in La Grange, TN is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$436,400

Median Property Value 2024

±$93,859

$30

Median Property Taxes

±$33

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 La Grange, TN the largest share of households pay taxes in the $2k - $3k range.

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

Rent vs Own

76.9%

Homeownership

2024

83.3%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 76.9% of the housing units in La Grange, TN were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 93.8%.

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

Equity

Household Income

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

$56,250

Median Household Income

± $35,362

Number of Households

± 37

In 2024, the median household income of the 39 households in La Grange, TN grew to $56,250 from the previous year's value of $48,333.

The following chart displays the households in La Grange, 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 $60k - $75k range.

Wage Distribution

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

0.457

2024 Wage GINI in Tennessee

0.459

2023 Wage GINI in Tennessee

In 2024, the income inequality in Tennessee was 0.457 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.505% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Tennessee was lower than than the national average of 0.474. 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 2024

Drove Alone (75%)
Carpooled (25%)

In 2024, 75% of workers in La Grange, TN drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (25%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

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

37.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in La Grange, TN have a longer commute time (37.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in La Grange, TN have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in La Grange, TN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in La Grange, TN have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

12.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in La Grange, TN (8 out of 62 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 65 - 74, followed by Males 75+ and then Females 75+.

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

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

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

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

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