Tennessee · Census place 65760
Rutherford, TN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Rutherford, Tennessee (Rutherford, TN — Census place “Rutherford town”) is 1,203 residents, ranking #283 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $50,000, the median home is worth $91,500 and median gross rent runs $718 a month. Looking for the Rutherford Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rutherford, TN: 38369.
- Population
- 1,203Rutherford town residents
- Median household income
- $50,000Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $91,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $718Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.8%Owner-occupied households
Rutherford ZIP codes (Tennessee)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rutherford.
The Rutherford 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 Rutherford town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Rutherford town median would spend about 17.2% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.2% of residents and 74.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Rutherford town, TN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Rutherford town is a small town in Tennessee, with 1,203 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #283 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 43% of them. The median age here is 35.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Rutherford town earn a median of $50,000 a year, 36.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Rutherford town is valued at $91,500, 69.8% below the national figure and 52% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $718 a month, 48.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,616 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.2% 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 1.8×, 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. 74.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
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.
- Gleason town 1,179
- Erin city 1,212
- Rossville town 1,173
- Rockvale CDP 1,229
- Winfield town 1,166
- Atwood town 1,230
- Dodson Branch CDP 1,163
- Crump city 1,240
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Rutherford town?
- Rutherford town has 1,203 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #283 of 504 in Tennessee.
- What is the median household income in Rutherford town?
- Median household income in Rutherford town is $50,000 a year, 36.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rutherford town?
- Median gross rent is $718 a month and the median home value is $91,500, so rent absorbs about 17.2% of median household income.
- Is Rutherford town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rutherford town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Rutherford 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.