
Tennessee · Census place 58840
Piperton, TN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Piperton, Tennessee (Piperton, TN — Census place “Piperton city”) is 2,457 residents, ranking #188 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $125,982, the median home is worth $550,200 and median gross rent runs $1,229 a month. Looking for the Piperton Tennessee ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Piperton, TN: 38017, 38066.
- Population
- 2,457Piperton city residents
- Median household income
- $125,982Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $550,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,229Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 57.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 93.3%Owner-occupied households
Piperton ZIP codes (Tennessee)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Piperton.
The Piperton 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 Piperton city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Piperton city median would spend about 11.7% 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 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.2% of residents and 93.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Piperton city, TN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Piperton city is a small town in Tennessee, with 2,457 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #188 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 62% of them. The median age here is 57.1 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 Piperton city earn a median of $125,982 a year, 60.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 125% above the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 4.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Piperton city is valued at $550,200, 81.3% above the national figure and 188% above the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,229 a month, 12.6% below the national figure, or roughly $14,748 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.7% 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 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 93.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 57.1 puts Piperton city well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Tennessee.
- Rural Hill CDP 2,453
- Walnut Hill CDP 2,480
- Carthage town 2,369
- Waynesboro city 2,483
- Dyer city 2,334
- Mosheim town 2,500
- Spring City town 2,299
- Maynardville city 2,501
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Piperton city?
- Piperton city has 2,457 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #188 of 504 in Tennessee.
- What is the median household income in Piperton city?
- Median household income in Piperton city is $125,982 a year, 60.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Piperton city?
- Median gross rent is $1,229 a month and the median home value is $550,200, so rent absorbs about 11.7% of median household income.
- Is Piperton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Piperton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Piperton city 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.