What is the population of Powell CDP?

Powell CDP has 13,544 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Powell CDP?

Median household income in Powell CDP is $85,281 a year, 8.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Powell CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,153 a month and the median home value is $264,500, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.

Is Powell CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Powell CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Powell, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Powell, Tennessee (Powell, TN — Census place “Powell CDP”) is 13,544 residents, ranking #47 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $85,281, the median home is worth $264,500 and median gross rent runs $1,153 a month. Looking for the Powell Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Powell, TN: 37849.

Population: 13,544Powell CDP residents
Median household income: $85,281Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $264,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,153Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.9%Owner-occupied households

Powell ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Powell.

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

37849

What the numbers mean in Powell CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Powell CDP median would spend about 16.2% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.6% of residents and 76.9% of households own their home.

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

Powell CDP, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Powell CDP is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 13,544 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #47 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 37.6 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 Powell CDP earn a median of $85,281 a year, 8.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 52% 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 6.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Powell CDP is valued at $264,500, 12.8% below the national figure and 38% above the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,153 a month, 18% below the national figure, or roughly $13,836 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.2% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 76.9% 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.

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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What is the population of Powell CDP?: Powell CDP has 13,544 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Powell CDP?: Median household income in Powell CDP is $85,281 a year, 8.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Powell CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,153 a month and the median home value is $264,500, so rent absorbs about 16.2% of median household income.
Is Powell CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Powell CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Powell CDP 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.