
Tennessee · Census place 74880
Tracy City, TN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Tracy City, Tennessee (Tracy City, TN — Census place “Tracy City town”) is 1,924 residents, ranking #221 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $38,250, the median home is worth $116,000 and median gross rent runs $393 a month. Looking for the Tracy City Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Tracy City, TN: 37387.
- Population
- 1,924Tracy City town residents
- Median household income
- $38,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $116,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $393Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 59.6%Owner-occupied households
Tracy City ZIP codes (Tennessee)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Tracy City.
The Tracy City 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 Tracy City town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Tracy City town median would spend about 12.3% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.8% of residents and 59.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Tracy City town, TN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Tracy City town is a small town in Tennessee, with 1,924 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #221 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 56% of them. The median age here is 35.7 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 Tracy City town earn a median of $38,250 a year, 51.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below 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 19.8% 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 Tracy City town is valued at $116,000, 61.8% below the national figure and 39% below the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $393 a month, 72% below the national figure, or roughly $4,716 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.3% 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×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59.6% 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.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.
- Troy town 1,915
- New Johnsonville city 1,930
- Valley Forge CDP 1,900
- Fairmount CDP 1,932
- Bon Aqua Junction CDP 1,877
- Central CDP 1,944
- Charlotte town 1,864
- Berry Hill city 1,944
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Tracy City town?
- Tracy City town has 1,924 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #221 of 504 in Tennessee.
- What is the median household income in Tracy City town?
- Median household income in Tracy City town is $38,250 a year, 51.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Tracy City town?
- Median gross rent is $393 a month and the median home value is $116,000, so rent absorbs about 12.3% of median household income.
- Is Tracy City town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Tracy City town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Tracy City 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.