What is the population of Erwin town?

Erwin town has 6,001 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #102 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Erwin town?

Median household income in Erwin town is $45,422 a year, 42.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Erwin town?

Median gross rent is $602 a month and the median home value is $165,100, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.

Is Erwin town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Erwin town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Erwin, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Erwin, Tennessee (Erwin, TN — Census place “Erwin town”) is 6,001 residents, ranking #102 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $45,422, the median home is worth $165,100 and median gross rent runs $602 a month. Looking for the Erwin Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Erwin, TN: 37650.

Population: 6,001Erwin town residents
Median household income: $45,422Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $165,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $602Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.6%Owner-occupied households

Erwin ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Erwin.

The Erwin TN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

37650

What the numbers mean in Erwin town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Erwin town median would spend about 15.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.9% of residents and 68.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Erwin town, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Erwin town is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 6,001 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #102 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 45 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Erwin town earn a median of $45,422 a year, 42.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 15.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Erwin town is valued at $165,100, 45.6% below the national figure and 14% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $602 a month, 57.2% below the national figure, or roughly $7,224 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Erwin town?: Erwin town has 6,001 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #102 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Erwin town?: Median household income in Erwin town is $45,422 a year, 42.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Erwin town?: Median gross rent is $602 a month and the median home value is $165,100, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.
Is Erwin town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Erwin town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Erwin town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.