Rhea County, Tennessee

• White (non-Hispanic) 29,632 87.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,142 6.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 504 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 163 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,413 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 129 0.4%

• Under 18 7,196 21.2%
• 18–24 3,070 9.0%
• 25–44 7,870 23.2%
• 45–64 9,125 26.8%
• 65 and over 6,731 19.8%

Median household income

$56,791

90% interval $50,647–$62,935

−$15,216 vs TN · 66th of 95

Below poverty line

14.0%

90% interval 11.1%–16.9%

+0.7 pp vs TN · 55th of 95

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.7 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.0B

0.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,651

Establishments

604

• Manufacturing 3,755 30.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,842 23.3%
• Education & health services 2,315 19.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,077 8.8%
• Professional & business services 800 6.6%
• Public administration 596 4.9%
• Financial activities 346 2.8%
• Construction 253 2.1%
• Natural resources & mining 105 0.9%
• Other services 95 0.8%
• Information 20 0.2%
• Unclassified 2 0.0%

Home ownership

71.5%

+4.6 pp vs TN · 73rd of 95

Median gross rent

$839

−$350 vs TN · 48th of 95

Owner-occupied

9,632

Renter-occupied

3,843

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $86,345/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,614/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 20 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 11,974 82.9%
• Democratic 2,312 16.0%
• Other / third-party 158 1.1%

• Spanish 1,139 3.5%
• Vietnamese 52 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 29 0.1%
• Korean 22 0.1%
• Chinese 11 0.0%
• Tagalog 8 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.0%

Households

13,475

Family households

9,456

70.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,967

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,016

10.7% of families

Veterans

2,478

9.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,743 32.7%
• Mainline Protestant 2,002 6.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 739 2.2%
• Catholic 400 1.2%
• Black Protestant 228 0.7%
• Orthodox 5 0.0%

Health insured

87.1%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

12.9%

±2.3 pp

14th of 95

With a disability

19.6%

±1.8 pp

38th of 95

Bachelor's or higher

18.6%

±2.6 pp

−12.5 pp vs TN · 47th of 95

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.5%

90% interval 12.1%–14.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

12th Judicial District Circuit Court

Judges

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

Court seats

Altamont, Dayton, Dunlap, Jasper, Pikeville, Winchester

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

11.2 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3