Hancock County is home to 6,852 people in Tennessee. 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 32.2% of people here live below the federal poverty line. Households here earn about 50% less than in Tennessee as a whole. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $134,500. Households take in $34,960 at the median, 57% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $34,960, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 43.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 50%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Hancock County
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree5.1% → 10.8%(+5.7 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate40.0% → 32.2%(−7.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
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)30.1%(78)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)29.7%(77)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.1%(78)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.9%(10)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 259 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
Hancock County, decade by decade
Hancock County 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
6,739
$28,374
$71,522
5.1%
5.5
2000
6,786
$35,996
$89,808
10.2%
5.8
2010
6,819
$33,267
$109,619
7.4%
5.3
2020
6,662
$34,221
$120,961
10.7%
10.0
2024
6,852
$34,960
$134,500
10.8%
11.4
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.
