Rhea County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 29,10086.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,0106.0%Two or more races
  • 1,8385.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 5751.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1760.5%Asian alone
  • 120.04%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 60.02%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $251,185

Here:	$251,185
State:	$310,843

Townhouses or other attached units: $197,868

Here:	$197,868
State:	$280,903

Mobile homes: $102,426

Here:	$102,426
State:	$101,125

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 49
• Burglaries: 29
• Thefts: 125
• Auto thefts: 19

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 66
• Burglaries: 29
• Thefts: 168
• Auto thefts: 54

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 2021: $851 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $778 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rhea County is $368 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $460 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $611 a month.

Cities in this county include: Dayton, Spring City, Graysville.

Neighboring counties: Kern County, California , Edgecombe County, North Carolina , Lenoir County, North Carolina , Maury County , Wayne County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 1,202
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 920 (26.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2052010 or later
• 2722000 to 2009
• 2511990 to 1999
• 791980 to 1989
• 121970 to 1979
• 91Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 74.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 10,692
• One, attached: 117
• Two: 509
• 3 or 4: 533
• 5 to 9: 171
• 10 to 19: 32
• 20 or more: 59
• Mobile homes: 3,106
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21

Housing units in Rhea County with a mortgage: 4,455 (158 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 124 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 207

Religion statistics for Rhea County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Rhea County:

Tornado activity:

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 Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: May 27, 2017 - May 28, 2017, FEMA Id: 4320, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: February 15, 2015 to February 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4211: April 02, 2015, FEMA Id: 4211, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding, Incident Period: April 25, 2011 to April 28, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1974: May 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 1974, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• 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, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: May 04, 2003 to May 30, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1464: May 08, 2003, FEMA Id: 1464, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, 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 Chattanooga Complex Fire, Incident Period: November 03, 2001, Fire Management Assistance Declared: November 03, 2001, FEMA Id: 2387, Natural disaster type: Fire
• 5 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

8.39% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($59,307 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.56% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($24,978 average AGI)
3.83% relocated from other states ($34,328 average AGI)

Rhea County:	3.83%
Tennessee average:	4.34%

from Hamilton County, TN	1.78% ($47,612 average AGI)
from Bledsoe County, TN	0.34% ($31,872)
from Roane County, TN	0.32% ($45,081)
from Bradley County, TN	0.30% ($35,800)
from Cumberland County, TN	0.29% ($40,000)
from Meigs County, TN	0.21% ($53,750)
from Knox County, TN	0.19% ($47,909)

6.47% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($40,499 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.37% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($26,294 average AGI)
2.10% relocated to other states ($14,204 average AGI)

Rhea County:	2.10%
Tennessee average:	3.20%

to Hamilton County, TN	1.31% ($42,047 average AGI)
to Bledsoe County, TN	0.51% ($39,069)
to Bradley County, TN	0.38% ($37,000)
to Roane County, TN	0.31% ($44,857)
to Cumberland County, TN	0.26% ($35,586)
to McMinn County, TN	0.24% ($40,852)
to Meigs County, TN	0.22% ($37,120)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 11.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 12.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Rhea 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: 5,932 (1,756 living alone), Female householders: 7,351 (1,636 living alone)

• 6,117 spouses (6,117 opposite-sex spouses), 1,042 unmarried partners, (997 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 8,554 children (7,614 natural, 355 adopted, 587 stepchildren), 1,584 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 244 parents, 40 foster children, 652 other relatives, 950 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 762

Size of family households: 4,324 2-persons, 2,138 3-persons, 1,772 4-persons, 599 5-persons, 251 6-persons, 111 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,394 1-person, 528 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons.

3,842 married couples with children.
2,077 single-parent households (479 men, 1,598 women).

95.2% of residents of Rhea speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English well, 76% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $250,338,000 ($8,403 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,121,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $81,937,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $42,880,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $760,000
Federal grants: $50,094,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,485,000 ($463,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $70,182,000 ($691,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,054,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,521,000
Federal Government insurance: $17,424,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.50 millions of gallons per day (23% from ground, 77% from surface)

• Year house built in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 02020 or later
• 1,7042010 to 2019
• 2,7202000 to 2009
• 3,0201990 to 1999
• 2,1051980 to 1989
• 2,6921970 to 1979
• 1,1681960 to 1969
• 8121950 to 1959
• 4131940 to 1949
• 5471939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Rhea County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 01 room
• 812 rooms
• 3343 rooms
• 9434 rooms
• 2,0015 rooms
• 2,0236 rooms
• 1,5907 rooms
• 1,3108 rooms
• 1,5079+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 601 room
• 942 rooms
• 4143 rooms
• 9474 rooms
• 1,0605 rooms
• 4766 rooms
• 1577 rooms
• 878 rooms
• 1879+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Rhea County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 13no bedroom
• 2321 bedroom
• 1,7042 bedrooms
• 5,5153 bedrooms
• 1,7484 bedrooms
• 5685+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rhea County, Tennessee
• 62no bedroom
• 3771 bedroom
• 1,5082 bedrooms
• 1,1873 bedrooms
• 2614 bedrooms
• 725+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rhea County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 283no vehicle
• 2,2181 vehicle
• 3,9262 vehicles
• 1,8893 vehicles
• 7944 vehicles
• 7015+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rhea County in renter-occupied apartments
• 427no vehicle
• 1,7711 vehicle
• 8572 vehicles
• 1953 vehicles
• 1064 vehicles
• 1305+ vehicles

84.3% of Rhea County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 22,545
• Other state: 9,596
• Northeast: 760
• Midwest: 3,416
• South: 4,517
• West: 914

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,009
• Number of aged recipients: 78
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 931
• Number of recipients under 18: 88
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 700
• Number of recipients older than 64: 221
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 380
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 455