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Watauga 37694

10Low priority

Part of Carter County · Johnson City metro · Tennessee · ranked #1,209 of 1,274 across the two states

Population now
1,738
138 per sq mi
Growth, last 5 years
-230
-11.7%
Projected next 5 years
-393
-5.0% a year → 1,344
Nearest Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church
3.1 mi
Elizabethton

Population, 2013 to 2028

Solid history from ACS five-year estimates, plotted at each window’s end-year; the next five years follow the official county projection, apportioned to this ZIP area by population share.

Why this scores 10.3

Growth — are people moving here?0 · weight 86%

-230 in five years, -393 projected

Viability — enough people to sustain a plant?74 · weight 14%

1,738 residents today

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) coverage — context, not in the score

9 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches within 12 mi, 193 people each. Nearest church 3.1 mi. By the owner's ruling, how near a Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church is carries no weight in the score.

Within 3.1 mi
0
Within 6.2 mi
4
Within 12 mi
9

Who lives here

Population makeup

The five parts add to the 1,738 people who live here. “Hispanic or Latino” is the Census term and counts people of any race; the other four are the not-Hispanic population by race.

White, not Hispanic
93.1%
1,618
Hispanic or Latino
3.6%
62
Black, not Hispanic
2.5%
44
Other, not Hispanic
0.8%
14

Age, money, schooling, home and language

Median age
48.5 yrs
Households with children
26.0%
188 of 722 households
Median household income
$60,125
Income per person
$47,297
Below the poverty level
13.3%
232 of the 1,738 people poverty status is determined for
Unemployed
8.2%
56 of a labor force of 686
High school or higher
87.6%
of 1,410 residents aged 25 and over
Bachelor’s degree or higher
21.3%
of 1,410 residents aged 25 and over
Spanish spoken at home
2.5%
42 people aged 5 and over, 0 of them speaking English less than “very well”
Foreign-born
2.0%
35 residents
Owner-occupied homes
93.5%
675 owned, 47 rented
Median home value
$166,300
median gross rent $675

What these numbers are. ACS 2019–2023 five-year estimates by ZIP area. Medians are ZIP-level medians, not averages. They are estimates, not a headcount, and every one carries a margin of error — a small figure in a single ZIP area is indicative, not exact. An em dash means the Census Bureau publishes no estimate for this ZIP area; it never means zero.

Nearest Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches

DistanceChurchCityContact
3.1 miElizabethtonElizabethton 37643(423) 543-5336
4.5 miTri-CitiesPiney Flats 37686Website · (423) 612-3986
5.0 miJohnson City-EastJohnson City 37601
6.2 miNew VisionJohnson City 37601Website · (423) 929-3927
7.9 miIglesia de Dios YeshuaJohnson City 37604(423) 631-2783
8.1 miJohnson CityJohnson City 37602Website · (423) 928-9531
8.3 miDeliveranceHampton 37658(423) 725-2244
11 miBlountvilleBlountville 37617Website · (423) 483-3993