Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety5#877/924
Economy40#553/925
Housing91#81/925
Health2#905/925
Healthcare22#721/923
Environment39#560/917
Education28#662/925
Infrastructure51#458/925
Community34#613/925
Leisure & amenities46#496/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Pharmacies · high3.0 /10k
98/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low24.8%
91/100Tennessee 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
90/100Tennessee 93 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Job growth · high1.9%
89/100Tennessee -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Child care cost burden · low21.8%
89/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · low4.2 mi
88/100Tennessee 6.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.8%
1/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.529
1/100Tennessee 0.476United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Frequent mental distress · high22.0%
2/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
3/100Tennessee 0.4%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Firearm deaths · high30.1 /100k
4/100Tennessee 18.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Life expectancy · low70.8 yrs
4/100Tennessee 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 59% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+59 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.8 /10k (2020) → 1.4 /10k (2025)
+68%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.5% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
6.4 /1k (2020) → 10.3 /1k (2025)
+60%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
60 /100k (2021) → 88 /100k (2025)
+47%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
3,766 /100k (2020) → 2,065 /100k (2025)
−45%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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, Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area improved on 13 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 9 moved within the margin of error and 6 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Gyms+68%0.8 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Arts & recreation+35%1.6 /10k → 2.2 /10k
Broadband+14 points76.5% → 90.2%
Bachelor's++5 points16.1% → 21.1%
Real income+37%$49,195 → $67,171

Declined4

Suicides+75%15.7 /100k → 27.4 /100k
Homicides+51%8.3 /100k → 12.5 /100k
Firearm deaths+39%21.6 /100k → 30.1 /100k
Price / income+0.5×2.3× → 2.9×

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.6 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+35%	Improved	91%
Average commute time	20.4 min2015-2019	19.8 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Average weekly wage	$8492020	$1,0772025	+27%	Improved	79%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	+5 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	76.5%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	87%
Child poverty rate	21.8%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Distance to an airport	78 mi2020	78 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.6 /100k2020	16.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−16%	Improved	40%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	67%
Firearm deaths	21.6 /100k2020	30.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+39%	Declined	13%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+1.1%	Little change	55%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	+68%	Improved	93%
High school diploma or higher	83.9%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	42%
Homicide rate	8.3 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+51%	Declined	5%
Income adjusted for local prices	$49,1952019	$67,1712024	+37%	Improved	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5252015-2019	0.5292020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	41%
Median household income	$44,1852015-2019	$58,1542020-2024	+32%	Improved	73%
New business applications	6.4 /1k2020	10.3 /1k2025	+60%	Improved	70%
Pharmacies	3.0 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	+1.1%	Little change	76%
Poverty rate	18.6%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Property crime rate	3,766 /100k2020	2,065 /100k2025	−45%	Improved	76%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	+1.7%	Little change	75%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent as share of income	27.1%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent-burdened households	44.1%2015-2019	41.9%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Restaurants and bars	7.9 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	+1.1%	Little change	50%
Suicide rate	15.7 /100k2020	27.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+75%	Declined	4%
Traffic deaths	21.4 /100k2015-2019	19.7 /100k2020-2024	−7.8%	Improved	75%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	3.5%2025	−4 points	Improved	79%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.0%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Violent crime rate	763 /100k2020	477 /100k2025	−37%	Improved	85%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area 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, Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area itself moved +5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

36,508 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

14,769 households (±384)

Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k23%3,386
$25k–50k18%2,727
$50k–75k22%3,287

Homes

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

Owners and renters

14,769 households (±384)

Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Own62%9,136
Rent38%5,633

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

15,912 workers (±561)

Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone89%14,095
Carpool5.0%801
Public transit0.0%0

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 no occupation wages for Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area.

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.

Dyersburg, TN has 785 employer establishments, 215 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248), with 13,564 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,995. The Census Bureau also counts 2,699 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 785; 2,699 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 215; US 248
Paid employees: 13,564
Average annual pay: $49,995; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	79	21.6	1.04×About typical	788	$52,544	108
Restaurants and other eating places	60	16.4	0.90×About typical	1,289	$18,440	16
Religious organizations	46	12.6	2.27×More than typical	185	$22,265	—
Specialty trade contractors	41	11.2	0.73×Fewer than typical	284	$48,947	198
Limited-service restaurants	32	8.8	1.09×About typical	711	$17,198	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	25	6.9	1.02×About typical	163	$32,350	327
Gasoline stations	24	6.6	2.03×More than typical	176	$26,909	—
Clothing and accessories stores	22	6	1.66×More than typical	170	$15,359	57
Full-service restaurants	22	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	509	$19,578	11
Offices of physicians	22	6	0.93×About typical	173	$71,803	16
Banks and credit unions	17	4.7	1.44×More than typical	328	$69,040	5
Lessors of real estate	17	4.7	0.38×Fewer than typical	56	$55,589	165

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 36,495 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $291K on contracts performed in Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area: $8.01 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $291K; −89% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8.01; US $1,995
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

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 Veterans Affairs$149.4K51%
Defense Logistics Agency$126.5K43%
Department of Housing and Urban Development$15.1K5.2%

Top recipients

STERLING MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC$149.4K51%
MOORE PUMPS, INC.$132.4K45%
FEASIBILITY RESEARCH GROUP OHIO LLC$15.1K5.2%
DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS II, LLC-$5,9200.0%

Spending by fiscal year

3.8MFY2017
3.2MFY2018
25.3MFY2019
10.3MFY2020
285.1KFY2021
217.8KFY2022
3.8MFY2023
6.8MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Outpatient care centers · 6214$149.4K51%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$132.4K45%
Activities related to real estate · 5313$15.1K5.2%

Largest awards

INTERIM DYERSBURG CBOC SERVICES$3M
STERLING MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC· Dyer County, TN· Health & medical· Oct 1, 2024 – Jun 17, 2026· 36C24925N0147
ACTUATOR,HYDRAULIC-$132.4K
MOORE PUMPS, INC.· Dyer County, TN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 16, 2026 – May 8, 2026· SPRPA126PYA24
NATIONWIDE APPRAISAL SERVICES, KC HOME OF NEWBERN, TN (HUD)$15.1K
FEASIBILITY RESEARCH GROUP OHIO LLC· Dyer County, TN· Professional services· Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 25, 2026· 86614326F00045
8511584079!HOSE,NONMETALLIC$0

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $247.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area: $6,805 per resident (US $12,957).

Assistance · FY2026: $247.2M; −6.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,805; US $12,957
Loan face value: $16.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 4.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$135.8M55%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$27.2M11%

Counties in Dyersburg, TN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Dyer CountyCentral county3436,320

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

DyersburgPrincipal city15,979

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Areas based in Tennessee, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Dyersburg, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Counties in Dyersburg, TN

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Top programs

What was bought

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates