With 1,619 people, New Market is a city in Tennessee. 0% of people here were born outside the United States. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $180,400. 385 more people live here than in 2000. Owners hold 76% of the housing stock. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $72,321, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 26%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about New Market
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants84.4% → 75.5%(−8.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
New Market's population equals 2.8% of Jefferson County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.5% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)9%(17)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)62.8%(118)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era12.2%(23)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War11.2%(21)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 188 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
New Market, decade by decade
New Market population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,086
$57,362
$121,443
14.6%
15.5
2000
1,234
$72,107
$143,546
16.6%
21.8
2010
1,334
$53,227
$145,152
11.0%
20.0
2020
1,349
$70,298
$154,050
30.6%
31.3
2024
1,619
$72,321
$180,400
27.4%
19.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
