What is the population of Obion town?

Obion town has 1,088 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #296 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Obion town?

Median household income in Obion town is $49,018 a year, 37.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $870 a month and the median home value is $91,300, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Obion town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Tennessee · Census place 55240

Obion, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Obion, Tennessee (Obion, TN — Census place “Obion town”) is 1,088 residents, ranking #296 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $49,018, the median home is worth $91,300 and median gross rent runs $870 a month. Looking for the Obion Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Obion, TN: 38240.

Population: 1,088Obion town residents
Median household income: $49,018Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $91,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $870Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 53.8%Owner-occupied households

Obion ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Obion.

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

38240

What the numbers mean in Obion town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Obion town median would spend about 21.3% 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 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.5% of residents and 53.8% of households own their home.

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

Obion town, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Obion town is a small town in Tennessee, with 1,088 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #296 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 41% of them. The median age here is 44.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Obion town earn a median of $49,018 a year, 37.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% 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 26.5% 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 Obion town is valued at $91,300, 69.9% below the national figure and 52% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $870 a month, 38.1% below the national figure, or roughly $10,440 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.3% 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 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 53.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Obion town?: Obion town has 1,088 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #296 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Obion town?: Median household income in Obion town is $49,018 a year, 37.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Obion town?: Median gross rent is $870 a month and the median home value is $91,300, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.
Is Obion town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Obion town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Obion town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.