Oak Ridge is home to 32,693 people in Tennessee. 6% of locals were born outside the United States. People stay put here: 80% were in the same home a year ago. The population is up 19% since 2000. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $270,200. 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $72,311, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 53%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Oak Ridge
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree35.5% → 40.2%(+4.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
White share88.3% → 79.3%(−9.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Oak Ridge's population equals 41% of Anderson County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 74% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 59% 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)22.6%(563)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)32.8%(815)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25%(622)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.5%(86)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,486 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
Oak Ridge, decade by decade
Oak Ridge 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
27,310
$78,278
$150,964
35.5%
26.7
2000
27,387
$76,418
$176,883
37.9%
31.9
2010
29,330
$70,081
$196,077
38.3%
40.2
2020
31,402
$67,715
$191,139
36.1%
49.4
2024
32,693
$72,311
$270,200
40.2%
44.9
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.
