Roane County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 49,76895.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,2472.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1,0552.0%Two or more races
  • 1,0472.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 4240.8%Asian alone
  • 2390.5%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 350.07%Some other race alone
  • 180.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $250,697

Here:	$250,697
State:	$260,661

Townhouses or other attached units: $184,014

Here:	$184,014
State:	$241,796

In 2-unit structures: $156,574

Here:	$156,574
State:	$215,388

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $145,569

Here:	$145,569
State:	$189,639

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $226,196

Here:	$226,196
State:	$254,887

Mobile homes: $103,329

Here:	$103,329
State:	$90,685

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 73
• Burglaries: 357
• Thefts: 466
• Auto thefts: 87

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

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 75
• Burglaries: 296
• Thefts: 462
• Auto thefts: 103

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: $1,056 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $969 (0.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Roane County is $416 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $646 a month.

Cities in this county include: Harriman, Barnard, Rockwood, Kingston, Oliver Springs, Midtown.

2018 air pollution in Roane County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.0 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Newton County, Arkansas , Pitt County, North Carolina , Washington County , Roberts County, Texas .

Current college students: 1,573
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,119 (69.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1192010 or later
• 4942000 to 2009
• 751990 to 1999
• 1541980 to 1989
• 731970 to 1979
• 166Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 50.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 18,612
• One, attached: 472
• Two: 588
• 3 or 4: 617
• 5 to 9: 400
• 10 to 19: 175
• 20 to 49: 126
• 50 or more: 593
• Mobile homes: 4,441
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 41

Housing units in Roane County with a mortgage: 7,707 (152 second mortgage, 456 home equity loan, 37 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,920

Religion statistics for Roane County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Roane 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 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 Flooding, Incident Period: June 05, 2014 to June 10, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4189: August 13, 2014, FEMA Id: 4189, 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 Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: November 09, 2002 to November 12, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1441: November 13, 2002, FEMA Id: 1441, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.11% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($46,752 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.94% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($29,465 average AGI)
2.17% relocated from other states ($17,287 average AGI)

Roane County:	2.17%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Knox County, TN	1.28% ($51,738 average AGI)
from Anderson County, TN	0.98% ($45,617)
from Morgan County, TN	0.67% ($37,891)
from Loudon County, TN	0.57% ($32,963)
from Cumberland County, TN	0.20% ($22,447)
from Rhea County, TN	0.15% ($45,414)
from Blount County, TN	0.14% ($46,259)

6.26% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($43,901 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.46% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($31,358 average AGI)
1.79% relocated to other states ($12,543 average AGI)

Roane County:	1.79%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Knox County, TN	1.16% ($59,667 average AGI)
to Anderson County, TN	0.71% ($39,216)
to Loudon County, TN	0.56% ($45,368)
to Morgan County, TN	0.47% ($32,600)
to Cumberland County, TN	0.30% ($33,579)
to Blount County, TN	0.16% ($44,484)
to Monroe County, TN	0.14% ($33,846)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Roane County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 11,462 (2,644 living alone), Female householders: 9,887 (3,688 living alone)

• 11,280 spouses (11,132 opposite-sex spouses), 1,236 unmarried partners, (1,177 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,367 children (12,044 natural, 397 adopted, 926 stepchildren), 2,400 grandchildren, 420 brothers or sisters, 507 parents, 42 foster children, 1,533 other relatives, 1,150 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 802

Size of family households: 6,987 2-persons, 3,269 3-persons, 2,111 4-persons, 1,077 5-persons, 326 6-persons, 344 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,332 1-person, 769 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 15 6-persons.

5,552 married couples with children.
1,946 single-parent households (796 men, 1,150 women).

97.0% of residents of Roane speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $416,630,000 ($7,873 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,503,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $168,988,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $87,443,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,060,000
Federal grants: $80,731,000
Federal procurement contracts: $44,579,000 ($55,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $33,829,000 ($1,135,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,951,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $11,578,000
Federal Government insurance: $12,917,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.35 millions of gallons per day (3% from ground, 97% from surface)

• Year house built in Roane County, Tennessee
• 6312014 or later
• 3792010 to 2013
• 3,3522000 to 2009
• 4,3021990 to 1999
• 3,5251980 to 1989
• 4,6361970 to 1979
• 2,4561960 to 1969
• 3,1881950 to 1959
• 1,2111940 to 1949
• 2,0801939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Roane County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Roane County, Tennessee
• 321 room
• 632 rooms
• 3083 rooms
• 1,3614 rooms
• 3,4925 rooms
• 3,1476 rooms
• 2,8477 rooms
• 2,3518 rooms
• 2,9509+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Roane County, Tennessee
• 1711 room
• 2112 rooms
• 7513 rooms
• 1,4174 rooms
• 8715 rooms
• 6836 rooms
• 3067 rooms
• 1858 rooms
• 2409+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Roane County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Roane County, Tennessee
• 31no bedroom
• 1741 bedroom
• 3,0462 bedrooms
• 9,2683 bedrooms
• 3,1544 bedrooms
• 8095+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Roane County, Tennessee
• 169no bedroom
• 1,1191 bedroom
• 1,8992 bedrooms
• 1,3153 bedrooms
• 2404 bedrooms
• 1085+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Roane County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 308no vehicle
• 3,3621 vehicle
• 6,5422 vehicles
• 3,9423 vehicles
• 1,7884 vehicles
• 6645+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Roane County in renter-occupied apartments
• 700no vehicle
• 2,2311 vehicle
• 1,2872 vehicles
• 5063 vehicles
• 824 vehicles
• 285+ vehicles

86.9% of Roane County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 34,293
• Other state: 18,196
• Northeast: 2,514
• Midwest: 5,425
• South: 8,737
• West: 1,484

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,747
• Number of aged recipients: 121
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,626
• Number of recipients under 18: 143
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,242
• Number of recipients older than 64: 362
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 699
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 730

Roane County on our top lists:

• #25 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest ground withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"