Bedford County, Tennessee

• White (non-Hispanic) 38,007 72.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,364 16.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,309 6.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 441 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,023 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 69 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 24 0.0%

• Under 18 13,237 25.3%
• 18–24 4,521 8.7%
• 25–44 13,863 26.5%
• 45–64 12,859 24.6%
• 65 and over 7,757 14.8%

Median household income

$69,879

90% interval $63,434–$76,324

−$2,128 vs TN · 24th of 95

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 9.7%–14.7%

−1.1 pp vs TN · 71st of 95

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.9B

0.52% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,909

Establishments

1,018

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,625 27.4%
• Manufacturing 3,519 20.8%
• Education & health services 2,630 15.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,441 8.5%
• Professional & business services 1,276 7.5%
• Construction 1,230 7.3%
• Public administration 857 5.1%
• Other services 505 3.0%
• Financial activities 451 2.7%
• Information 297 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 74 0.4%
• Unclassified 3 0.0%

Home ownership

71.9%

+5.0 pp vs TN · 68th of 95

Median gross rent

$1,051

−$138 vs TN · 17th of 95

Owner-occupied

14,017

Renter-occupied

5,488

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $89,877/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,642/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 15,772 78.5%
• Democratic 4,122 20.5%
• Other / third-party 196 1.0%

• Spanish 6,098 12.5%
• Arabic 348 0.7%
• Chinese 106 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 83 0.2%
• Tagalog 22 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 20 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1 0.0%

Households

19,505

Family households

13,938

71.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,254

23.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,792

12.9% of families

Veterans

2,433

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,082 30.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,223 4.4%
• Catholic 1,623 3.2%
• Black Protestant 1,080 2.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 729 1.5%

Health insured

85.4%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

14.6%

±2.2 pp

5th of 95

With a disability

15.2%

±1.2 pp

74th of 95

Bachelor's or higher

17.2%

±2.1 pp

−13.9 pp vs TN · 54th of 95

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.1%

90% interval 13.7%–16.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

17th Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Circuit Court judges per district; Chancery + Criminal Court judges separate; vintage 2026 tncourts.gov)

Court seats

Fayetteville, Lewisburg, Lynchburg, Shelbyville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

15.38 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5