Dyer County, Tennessee

Dyer County has a population of 36,508 and has shrunk 1.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $166,400, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $58,154.

Home price
$166,400
Income
$58,154
Population
36,508
Unemployment
4.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$166,400county
Median gross rent$782county
Median year homes here were built1978county
Share of homes built before 198054.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented38.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.4%county
Typical monthly rent$740county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$925county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$778county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,220county
Home insurance / yr$2,958(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living90.3(statewide)
Median household income$58,154county
Family health premium / yr$22,085(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,249(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.565(statewide)
Poverty rate16.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home4.9%county
Unemployment rate4.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.4%county
Share of workers employed by government14.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.6%county
Economic output per resident$65,390county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.63%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.61%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service40 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport3383county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station6.5 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.7%county
Traffic deaths21.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.7(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher21.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.3%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment6185county
Students per full-time teacher14.5county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools3county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution34 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians33county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter6.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.4%county
Frequent mental distress21.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity33.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population36,508county
Land area in square miles512county
People per square mile of land71.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores7county
Convenience stores4county
Share living far from a food store5.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract23.7%county
Population change since 2020-1.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age40.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.7%county
Share of households that are one person32.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.0%county
Second languages2.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls61.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents302county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-3county
Households that moved in798county
Households that moved away771county
Average income of arriving households$44,405county
Average income of departing households$52,316county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year75county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate592(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation51.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.38 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F60 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing65 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days223 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 25county
Average first fall frostNov 3county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$147county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh12.1¢county
Household electricity use1,211 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$15.77(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity52.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas43.3%county
Homes heated by propane2.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.4%county
Households with broadband90.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk37.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk81.7county
Landslide risk71.2county
Hail risk32.9county
Earthquake risk97.6county
Tornado risk88.4county
Tropical cyclone risk51.6county
Extreme heat risk83.8county
Winter weather risk83.1county
Strong wind risk71.5county
Wildfire risk24.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Dyer County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Tennessee figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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