Carter County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 54,08695.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,1272.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 9721.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4640.8%Two or more races
  • 2700.5%Asian alone
  • 2420.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 260.05%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $180,612

Here:	$180,612
State:	$260,661

Townhouses or other attached units: $116,802

Here:	$116,802
State:	$241,796

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $130,368

Here:	$130,368
State:	$189,639

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $130,047

Here:	$130,047
State:	$254,887

Mobile homes: $81,841

Here:	$81,841
State:	$90,685

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $77,508

Here:	$77,508
State:	$73,780

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 52
• Burglaries: 239
• Thefts: 395
• Auto thefts: 57

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 65
• Burglaries: 288
• Thefts: 465
• Auto thefts: 62

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $788 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $730 (0.6%)

Area name: Johnson City, TN MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Carter County is $404 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $501 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $622 a month.

Cities in this county include: Elizabethton, Stony Creek, Tiger Valley, Biltmore, Pine Crest, Central, Laurel Fork, Hunter, Roan Mountain, Watauga.

Neighboring counties: Gates County, North Carolina , Surry County, North Carolina , Watauga County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 2,710
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 880 (39.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3072010 or later
• 2542000 to 2009
• 861990 to 1999
• 591980 to 1989
• 301970 to 1979
• 136Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 43.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 20,084
• One, attached: 230
• Two: 604
• 3 or 4: 1,037
• 5 to 9: 1,079
• 10 to 19: 366
• 20 to 49: 151
• 50 or more: 190
• Mobile homes: 4,682
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 42

Housing units in Carter County with a mortgage: 7,769 (96 second mortgage, 397 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,586

Religion statistics for Carter County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Carter County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Tennessee Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4514, Natural disaster type: Other
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides, Incident Period: February 19, 2019 - March 30, 2019, FEMA Id: 4427, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Landslide, Flood
• Tennessee Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3217: September 05, 2005, FEMA Id: 3217, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 16, 2004 to September 20, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1568: October 07, 2004, FEMA Id: 1568, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 2003 to February 26, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1456: March 20, 2003, FEMA Id: 1456, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 27, 2001 to August 22, 2001, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1387: August 15, 2001, FEMA Id: 1387, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 06, 1998 to February 12, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1197: January 13, 1998, FEMA Id: 1197, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3095: March 14, 1993, FEMA Id: 3095, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
• Tennessee SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 06, 1984 to May 11, 1984, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-708: May 25, 1984, FEMA Id: 708, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Tennessee SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: November 12, 1977, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-544: November 12, 1977, FEMA Id: 544, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.01% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($34,410 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.53% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($19,622 average AGI)
2.48% relocated from other states ($14,788 average AGI)

Carter County:	2.48%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Washington County, TN	2.71% ($29,071 average AGI)
from Sullivan County, TN	0.82% ($35,688)
from Unicoi County, TN	0.30% ($29,298)
from Johnson County, TN	0.16% ($25,258)
from Avery County, NC	0.13% ($41,708)

6.56% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,508 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.78% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($24,261 average AGI)
1.78% relocated to other states ($8,247 average AGI)

Carter County:	1.78%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Washington County, TN	2.92% ($32,290 average AGI)
to Sullivan County, TN	0.81% ($32,948)
to Unicoi County, TN	0.27% ($33,824)
to Johnson County, TN	0.17% ($33,364)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 12.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 10.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Carter County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 12,328 (3,563 living alone), Female householders: 11,976 (4,137 living alone)

• 11,444 spouses (11,338 opposite-sex spouses), 1,475 unmarried partners, (1,334 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,793 children (11,713 natural, 367 adopted, 711 stepchildren), 1,908 grandchildren, 588 brothers or sisters, 1,093 parents, 58 foster children, 1,144 other relatives, 993 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,664

Size of family households: 8,392 2-persons, 3,365 3-persons, 1,840 4-persons, 1,151 5-persons, 503 6-persons, 171 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,702 1-person, 1,126 2-persons, 57 3-persons.

6,094 married couples with children.
2,402 single-parent households (778 men, 1,624 women).

97.8% of residents of Carter speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (37% speak English very well, 56% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $303,259,000 ($5,173 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $9,772,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $149,091,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $64,483,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,001,000
Federal grants: $77,033,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,435,000 ($130,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,216,000 ($3,051,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $131,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,492,000
Federal Government insurance: $43,863,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 18.44 millions of gallons per day (41% from ground, 59% from surface)

• Year house built in Carter County, Tennessee
• 7482014 or later
• 5282010 to 2013
• 3,1372000 to 2009
• 5,1951990 to 1999
• 3,6871980 to 1989
• 4,3171970 to 1979
• 3,0911960 to 1969
• 2,5951950 to 1959
• 2,1101940 to 1949
• 2,8851939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Carter County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Tennessee
• 951 room
• 982 rooms
• 3403 rooms
• 1,9364 rooms
• 4,3905 rooms
• 4,0726 rooms
• 3,0597 rooms
• 1,5298 rooms
• 1,6799+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Tennessee
• 1281 room
• 2372 rooms
• 1,0733 rooms
• 1,8574 rooms
• 1,8735 rooms
• 9756 rooms
• 4327 rooms
• 2688 rooms
• 1879+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Carter County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Carter County, Tennessee
• 126no bedroom
• 3851 bedroom
• 4,5242 bedrooms
• 9,1663 bedrooms
• 2,4974 bedrooms
• 3825+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Carter County, Tennessee
• 126no bedroom
• 1,3951 bedroom
• 2,8152 bedrooms
• 2,3353 bedrooms
• 2864 bedrooms
• 1125+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County, Tennessee in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 807no vehicle
• 4,3091 vehicle
• 6,3932 vehicles
• 3,5943 vehicles
• 1,4674 vehicles
• 7035+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Carter County in renter-occupied apartments
• 985no vehicle
• 3,1111 vehicle
• 2,2162 vehicles
• 5113 vehicles
• 1744 vehicles
• 505+ vehicles

86.8% of Carter County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Tennessee.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 37,322
• Other state: 18,839
• Northeast: 2,474
• Midwest: 3,314
• South: 11,554
• West: 1,518

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,136
• Number of aged recipients: 210
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,926
• Number of recipients under 18: 214
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,454
• Number of recipients older than 64: 468
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 862
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 989

Carter County on our top lists:

• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"