Rutherford County, Tennessee (TN)

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• • 225,97170.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 46,62814.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 27,0648.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 11,3803.5%Asian alone
  • 9,9203.1%Two or more races
  • 8170.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 4190.1%Some other race alone
  • 600.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $280,874

Here:	$280,874
State:	$260,661

Townhouses or other attached units: $202,138

Here:	$202,138
State:	$241,796

In 2-unit structures: $195,465

Here:	$195,465
State:	$215,388

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $145,503

Here:	$145,503
State:	$189,639

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $153,989

Here:	$153,989
State:	$254,887

Mobile homes: $114,673

Here:	$114,673
State:	$90,685

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $47,891

Here:	$47,891
State:	$73,780

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 39
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 207
• Burglaries: 354
• Thefts: 702
• Auto thefts: 149

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

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 19
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 183
• Burglaries: 334
• Thefts: 642
• Auto thefts: 107

Health of residents in Rutherford County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

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: $1,527 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,470 (0.6%)

Area name: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rutherford County is $579 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $666 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $864 a month.

Cities in this county include: Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, Almaville, Lascassas, Christiana, Kittrell, Walterhill, Eagleville.

Neighboring counties: Adair County, Oklahoma , Los Alamos County, New Mexico , Izard County, Arkansas , Henderson County , Martin County, North Carolina .

Current college students: 16,117
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 31,164 (38.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7,8462010 or later
• 7,9002000 to 2009
• 4,3981990 to 1999
• 1,9981980 to 1989
• 7951970 to 1979
• 582Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 62.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 83,654
• One, attached: 7,927
• Two: 1,375
• 3 or 4: 5,317
• 5 to 9: 7,843
• 10 to 19: 7,337
• 20 to 49: 5,168
• 50 or more: 2,145
• Mobile homes: 4,701

Housing units in Rutherford County with a mortgage: 51,134 (654 second mortgage, 2,621 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21,379

Religion statistics for Rutherford County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Rutherford 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, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: April 30, 2010 to May 18, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1909: May 04, 2010, FEMA Id: 1909, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Tennessee Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 10, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1839: May 15, 2009, FEMA Id: 1839, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, 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, 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, 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
• Tennessee Ice Storm, Severe Winter Storm, Flash Flooding, Incident Period: February 09, 1994 to February 11, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1010: February 28, 1994, FEMA Id: 1010, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Winter Storm, Flash 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, TORNADOES, FLOODING, Incident Period: May 07, 1979, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-585: May 07, 1979, FEMA Id: 585, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Tennessee SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, Incident Period: March 22, 1975, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-459: March 22, 1975, FEMA Id: 459, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.46% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($46,004 average adjusted gross income)

0.02% of residents moved from foreign countries ($115 average AGI)

Rutherford County:	0.02%
Tennessee average:	0.04%

5.86% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($26,020 average AGI)
3.58% relocated from other states ($19,869 average AGI)

Rutherford County:	3.58%
Tennessee average:	3.48%

from Davidson County, TN	2.71% ($40,623 average AGI)
from Williamson County, TN	0.40% ($62,451)
from Wilson County, TN	0.34% ($45,582)
from Bedford County, TN	0.25% ($40,196)
from Shelby County, TN	0.18% ($35,816)
from Maury County, TN	0.17% ($41,984)
from Sumner County, TN	0.15% ($46,240)

7.90% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($43,780 average adjusted gross income)

0.34% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,842 average AGI)

Rutherford County:	0.34%
Tennessee average:	0.04%

4.76% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($25,989 average AGI)
2.80% relocated to other states ($15,948 average AGI)

Rutherford County:	2.80%
Tennessee average:	2.95%

to Davidson County, TN	1.79% ($37,809 average AGI)
to Wilson County, TN	0.37% ($47,782)
to Bedford County, TN	0.32% ($46,082)
to Williamson County, TN	0.30% ($82,340)
to Coffee County, TN	0.18% ($44,985)
to Sumner County, TN	0.18% ($50,740)
to Maury County, TN	0.16% ($40,759)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.6
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.1

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 2.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Rutherford County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 57,812 (12,290 living alone), Female householders: 55,985 (13,252 living alone)

• 58,319 spouses (57,622 opposite-sex spouses), 10,039 unmarried partners, (9,013 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 103,948 children (96,196 natural, 2,771 adopted, 4,981 stepchildren), 6,814 grandchildren, 2,670 brothers or sisters, 5,705 parents, 350 foster children, 8,773 other relatives, 16,990 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,880

Size of family households: 30,238 2-persons, 19,013 3-persons, 14,973 4-persons, 7,473 5-persons, 5,114 6-persons, 1,537 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 25,542 1-person, 7,175 2-persons, 2,197 3-persons, 272 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 189 6-persons.

48,952 married couples with children.
21,781 single-parent households (7,040 men, 14,741 women).

87.9% of residents of Rutherford speak English at home.
6.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,194,396,000 ($5,687 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $55,117,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $333,571,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $128,996,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,515,000
Federal grants: $120,028,000
Federal procurement contracts: $503,099,000 ($4,479,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $107,187,000 ($18,969,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $859,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $440,638,000
Federal Government insurance: $143,942,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 27.30 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Rutherford County, Tennessee
• 16,4172014 or later
• 5,4402010 to 2013
• 32,2272000 to 2009
• 27,7211990 to 1999
• 17,1661980 to 1989
• 13,8751970 to 1979
• 5,2801960 to 1969
• 2,8441950 to 1959
• 3,5881940 to 1949
• 9091939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Rutherford County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rutherford County, Tennessee
• 01 room
• 2062 rooms
• 5803 rooms
• 3,3594 rooms
• 14,9825 rooms
• 17,3296 rooms
• 12,3567 rooms
• 11,2138 rooms
• 12,4889+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rutherford County, Tennessee
• 6151 room
• 2,1022 rooms
• 5,8173 rooms
• 12,5414 rooms
• 9,5355 rooms
• 6,9386 rooms
• 1,6317 rooms
• 1,1338 rooms
• 9729+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Rutherford County, Tennessee

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rutherford County, Tennessee
• 162no bedroom
• 2011 bedroom
• 6,0092 bedrooms
• 46,6203 bedrooms
• 16,2324 bedrooms
• 3,2895+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rutherford County, Tennessee
• 793no bedroom
• 6,0391 bedroom
• 16,6792 bedrooms
• 15,3203 bedrooms
• 1,9814 bedrooms
• 4725+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rutherford County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,422no vehicle
• 14,4281 vehicle
• 31,3442 vehicles
• 16,3083 vehicles
• 5,8934 vehicles
• 3,1185+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rutherford County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,029no vehicle
• 17,6491 vehicle
• 15,6832 vehicles
• 4,3483 vehicles
• 1,1184 vehicles
• 4575+ vehicles

83.0% of Rutherford County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Tennessee.

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

• This state: 179,955
• Other state: 117,210
• Northeast: 15,053
• Midwest: 35,248
• South: 51,962
• West: 14,947

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,720
• Number of aged recipients: 303
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,417
• Number of recipients under 18: 514
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,645
• Number of recipients older than 64: 561
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 972
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,338

Rutherford County on our top lists:

• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #34 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #70 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"