
Tennessee · Census place 55800
Oliver Springs, TN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Oliver Springs, Tennessee (Oliver Springs, TN — Census place “Oliver Springs town”) is 3,384 residents, ranking #151 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $38,295, the median home is worth $149,600 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Oliver Springs Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Oliver Springs, TN: 37840.
- Population
- 3,384Oliver Springs town residents
- Median household income
- $38,295Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $149,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 45.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.4%Owner-occupied households
Oliver Springs ZIP codes (Tennessee)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Oliver Springs.
The Oliver Springs TN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Oliver Springs town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.1% of residents and 70.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Oliver Springs town, TN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Oliver Springs town is a small town in Tennessee, with 3,384 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #151 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 45.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Oliver Springs town earn a median of $38,295 a year, 51.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% 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 19.1% 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 Oliver Springs town is valued at $149,600, 50.7% below the national figure and 22% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
The Census withheld gross rent for Oliver Springs town because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Tennessee.
- Newbern town 3,313
- Dandridge town 3,426
- Tusculum city 3,304
- Somerville town 3,439
- Blountville CDP 3,301
- Wildwood Lake CDP 3,490
- Park City CDP 3,268
- Centerville town 3,543
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Oliver Springs town?
- Oliver Springs town has 3,384 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #151 of 504 in Tennessee.
- What is the median household income in Oliver Springs town?
- Median household income in Oliver Springs town is $38,295 a year, 51.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oliver Springs town?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $149,600.
- Is Oliver Springs town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oliver Springs town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Oliver Springs 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.