Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety40#9,357/15,637
Economy59#6,370/15,631
Housing69#4,648/14,977
Health8#14,408/15,609
Healthcare24#11,817/15,650
Environment27#11,217/15,453
Education58#6,640/15,649
Infrastructure12#13,838/15,650
Community1#15,431/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,954/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Trousdale County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Time spent in the emergency room · low73 min
100/100Tennessee 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTrousdale County value
Job growth · high5.5%
98/100Tennessee -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataTrousdale County value
Math scores · high3.56
98/100Tennessee 2.99United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrousdale County value
Reading scores · high3.50
98/100Tennessee 2.99United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrousdale County value
Pharmacies · high3.2 /10k
97/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTrousdale County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
96/100Tennessee 6.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTrousdale County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low8 /100k
0/100Tennessee 212 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrousdale County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Tennessee 5.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTrousdale County value
Preventable hospital stays · high5,371 /100k
1/100Tennessee 2,914 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrousdale County value
Voter turnout · low43.9%
1/100Tennessee 58.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionTrousdale County value
Dentists · low16 /100k
3/100Tennessee 57 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrousdale County value
Social associations · low4.1 /10k
3/100Tennessee 11.0 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTrousdale County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
10,231 (2015-2019) → 11,957 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.0% (2015-2019) → 89.7% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.8× (2015-2019) → 4.6× (2020-2024)
+68%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.9% (2015-2019) → 20.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
15.5% (2015-2019) → 6.5% (2020-2024)
−9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.0% (2015-2019) → 43.9% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 7 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Uninsured−9 points15.5% → 6.5%
Broadband+20 points70.0% → 89.7%
Household income+29%$56,321 → $72,747

Declined2

Price / income+1.9×2.8× → 4.6×
Child poverty+10 points9.9% → 20.4%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.7 min2015-2019	33.9 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	70.0%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Child poverty rate	9.9%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	11%
Effective property tax rate	0.72%2015-2019	0.38%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	79%
High school diploma or higher	84.4%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	4.6×2020-2024	+1.9×	Declined	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3862015-2019	0.3862020-2024	−0.000	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$56,3212015-2019	$72,7472020-2024	+29%	Improved	53%
Poverty rate	10.2%2015-2019	11.9%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent as share of income	23.5%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Rent-burdened households	37.0%2015-2019	43.9%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.5%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	−9 points	Improved	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee itself moved −2.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

11,957 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19†
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (−3.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

11,957 residents

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White79%9,460
Black11%1,319
Hispanic or Latino4.1%485
Asian0.1%†9
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†25
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.5%†659

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−5.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

8,669 residents (±148)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma14%1,214
High school or GED50%4,362
Some college17%1,483
Associate degree4.3%†369
Bachelor's degree7.3%†631
Graduate degree7.0%†610

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (+11.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,700 households (±150)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k16%†580
$25k–50k18%†673
$50k–75k21%†761
$75k–100k15%†539
$100k–150k21%782
$150k–200k4.6%†172
$200k or more5.2%†193

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+8.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,700 households (±150)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own74%2,755
Rent26%945

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

700 households (±177)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75031%†219
$750–1,00035%†244
$1,000–1,50034%†237
$1,500–2,0000.0%0
$2,000–2,5000.0%0
$2,500 or more0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25063View table on data.census.gov

Home values

2,755 homes (±210)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k18%†483
$150k–250k15%†411
$250k–400k39%1,063
$400k–750k25%689
$750k–1M2.1%†57
$1M or more1.9%†52

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $150k (−29.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25075View table on data.census.gov

Age of homes

3,974 homes (±44)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later22%†883
2000–200916%†620
1980–199923%912
1960–197927%1,069
1940–19594.4%†173
Before 19408.0%†317

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 2010 or later (+13.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25034View table on data.census.gov

Size of homes

3,974 homes (±44)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom2.7%†107
2 bedrooms23%914
3 bedrooms59%2,350
4 or more15%†603

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25041View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,100 workers (±305)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone86%4,367
Carpool8.3%†425
Public transit0.0%†1
Walk0.3%†15
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.7%†289
Other0.1%†3

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

4,811 workers (±373)

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min18%†880
15–29 min25%1,183
30–44 min26%1,257
45–59 min17%†818
An hour or more14%†673

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08303View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Trousdale County, the county holding most of Hartsville/Trousdale County's residents.

Trousdale County has 138 employer establishments, 112 for every 10,000 residents (0.45× the US rate of 248; 0.53× Tennessee's), with 1,457 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,584. The Census Bureau also counts 807 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 138; 807 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 112; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 1,457
Average annual pay: $47,584; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Trousdale County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	10	8.1	0.44×Fewer than typical	160	$20,100	3
Specialty trade contractors	10	8.1	0.52×Fewer than typical	79	$49,899	98
Ambulatory health care services	8	6.5	0.31×Too few to compare	27	$38,222	24
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	4.9	0.97×Too few to compare	11	$70,182	18
Full-service restaurants	6	4.9	0.63×Too few to compare	86	$16,070	—
Truck transportation	6	4.9	0.96×Too few to compare	32	$31,656	31
Construction of buildings	5	4.1	0.54×Too few to compare	7	$51,429	35
Gasoline stations	5	4.1	1.25×Too few to compare	36	$26,139	—
Religious organizations	5	4.1	0.73×Too few to compare	16	$12,188	—
Building equipment contractors	4	3.2	0.54×Too few to compare	12	$51,333	18
Grocery and convenience stores	4	3.2	1.09×Too few to compare	62	$28,919	—
Individual and family services	4	3.2	1.16×Too few to compare	10	$31,600	—

Rank places for an industry Open Trousdale County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,327 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $8,342 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee: $0.70 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $8,342; +10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.70; US $2,007
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$8,342100%

Top recipients

THE HARTSVILLE/TROUSDALE COUNTY GOVERNMENT$8,342100%

Spending by fiscal year

6.7KFY2023
7.3KFY2024
7.6KFY2025
8.3KFY2026

What was bought

Professional services$8,342100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$8,342100%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee

POLICE OFFICER PATROL WITH VEHICLE$29.9K
THE HARTSVILLE/TROUSDALE COUNTY GOVERNMENT· Trousdale County, TN· Professional services· May 5, 2023 – Apr 1, 2026· W912P523P0035

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Trousdale County, TN ($8,346 in FY2026), never added to them: 99.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hartsville/Trousdale County is mostly in Trousdale County.

See federal money in Trousdale County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hartsville/Trousdale County, Tennessee is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

John W. RoseR-TN-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 5.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Trousdale County17100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN57

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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