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Rutherford town, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Rutherford town is a Census town of 1,119 people across 2.30 square miles of land, in Gibson County. Median household income is $50,667, 75.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Rutherford
What Rutherford is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.3 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land486
- County holding the largest share of its areaGibson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rutherford
How many people live in Rutherford
- Population1,119
- Median age39.1
- Population under 18281 plus or minus 94
- Share under 1825.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Population 65 and over220 plus or minus 74
- Share 65 and over19.7 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Households496
- Family households315
- Share of households that are families63.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rutherford
Income and work in Rutherford
- Median household income$50,667 plus or minus $11,919
- Per capita income$27,992
- Civilian labor force552
- Employed534 plus or minus 112
- Unemployed18 plus or minus 14
- Unemployment rate3.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over820
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.4 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rutherford
Housing in Rutherford
- Housing units577
- Occupied units496
- Vacant units81 plus or minus 46
- Vacancy rate14.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Owner occupied372
- Renter occupied124 plus or minus 50
- Ownership rate75.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$93,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$691
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.4 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units519
- Share single family89.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more41 plus or minus 33
- Share in buildings of two or more7.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes17 plus or minus 15
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Rutherford
How Rutherford gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute500 plus or minus 101
- Commuting under 15 minutes113 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.6 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more263 plus or minus 89
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more52.6 percent plus or minus 14.4
- Drove alone80.5 percent plus or minus 23.2
- Carpooled6.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Gibson County, not Rutherford
Gibson County context, not Rutherford figures
These are Gibson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Rutherford measurements.
- Establishments in Gibson County951
- Employment at those establishments, Gibson County12,656
- Covered employment, Gibson County14,908
- Average annual pay, Gibson County$48,973
- Average weekly wage, Gibson County$942
- Housing units permitted, Gibson County152
- Of those, single family, Gibson County150
- County product, 2024, Gibson County$2,016,657,000
- County product change over the prior year, Gibson County-1.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Gibson County$52,422
Every figure in this section is published for Gibson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Rutherford. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Rutherford questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Rutherford, Tennessee?
1,119, in 496 households. Rutherford town covers 2.30 square miles of land, which is 486 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Rutherford in?
Gibson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Rutherford?
$50,667. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $93,900. Median gross rent is $691 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Rutherford figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Gibson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Rutherford.
Is zoning published for Rutherford?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.