What is the population of Morristown city?

Morristown city has 30,983 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Morristown city?

Median household income in Morristown city is $44,811 a year, 42.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Morristown city?

Median gross rent is $855 a month and the median home value is $155,700, so rent absorbs about 22.9% of median household income.

Is Morristown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Morristown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Morristown, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Morristown, Tennessee (Morristown, TN — Census place “Morristown city”) is 30,983 residents, ranking #27 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $44,811, the median home is worth $155,700 and median gross rent runs $855 a month. Looking for the Morristown Tennessee ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Morristown, TN: 37813, 37814.

Population: 30,983Morristown city residents
Median household income: $44,811Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $155,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $855Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 53.3%Owner-occupied households

Morristown ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Morristown.

The Morristown TN ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Morristown city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Morristown city median would spend about 22.9% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25.4% of residents and 53.3% of households own their home.

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

Morristown city, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Morristown city is a small city in Tennessee, with 30,983 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 37.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Morristown city earn a median of $44,811 a year, 42.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 25.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Morristown city is valued at $155,700, 48.7% below the national figure and 19% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $855 a month, 39.2% below the national figure, or roughly $10,260 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 53.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Morristown city?: Morristown city has 30,983 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Morristown city?: Median household income in Morristown city is $44,811 a year, 42.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Morristown city?: Median gross rent is $855 a month and the median home value is $155,700, so rent absorbs about 22.9% of median household income.
Is Morristown city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Morristown city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Morristown city 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.