Demographics of Alcoa city, Tennessee

Alcoa city, Tennessee had 13,689 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2,702 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Alcoa city, in four figures

13,689
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 12,222 ±48.; +24.6%
Change since July 2020: +2,702 people.; 35.6 ±2.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $65,714 ±$5,905
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Alcoa city, Tennessee's population grew 24.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Alcoa city, Tennessee's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Alcoa city, Tennessee's population grew 24.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Alcoa city, Tennessee's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,987	100.0	100.0
2021	11,522	104.9	100.2
2022	11,707	106.6	100.7
2023	13,347	121.5	101.6
2024	13,575	123.6	102.5
2025	13,689	124.6	103.1

Population of Alcoa city, Tennessee on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,987	—
2021	11,522	+535
2022	11,707	+185
2023	13,347	+1,640
2024	13,575	+228
2025	13,689	+114

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 35.6 ±2.1: for men 35.0 ±2.6 and for women 35.9 ±2.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Alcoa city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Under 5	625 ±224	5.1% ±1.8	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,084 ±375	17.1% ±3.1	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	606 ±198	5.0% ±1.6	8.9% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,134 ±570	33.8% ±4.7	26.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,497 ±417	20.4% ±3.4	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,276 ±424	18.6% ±3.5	17.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $65,714 ±$5,905, and income per person $40,886 ±$5,950, in 2024 dollars. The median is $69,595 ±$429 in Tennessee and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Alcoa city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Tennessee	United States
Under $25,000	745 ±239	14.9% ±4.7	16.6% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,125 ±279	22.5% ±5.4	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,016 ±262	20.3% ±5.1	17.3% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	569 ±168	11.4% ±3.3	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	709 ±242	14.2% ±4.8	16.8% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	382 ±179	7.6% ±3.5	7.7% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	454 ±212	9.1% ±4.2	9.0% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Alcoa city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Tennessee	United States
All ages	1,575 ±564	12.9% ±4.6	13.8% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	239 to 733	18.0% ±8.5	18.8% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	833 ±331	12.7% ±4.9	12.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	117 to 395	4.2% to 13.2%	11.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Alcoa city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Alcoa city	Tennessee	United States
Housing units	5,641 ±423	3,143,670 ±903	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.6% ±8.6	89.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.4% ±5.1	10.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	66.6% ±5.6	66.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	33.4% ±5.7	33.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$277,100 ±$28,762	$286,700 ±$1,492	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,282 ±$117	$1,189 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1980 ±6	1987 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Alcoa city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,294 ±525	10.6% ±4.3	7.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	8,562 ±550	70.1% ±4.5	71.0% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,457 ±325	11.9% ±2.7	15.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	37 to 275	0.3% to 2.3%	1.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 13	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 181	0% to 1.5%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	663 ±322	5.4% ±2.6	3.7% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Alcoa city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Tennessee	United States
Born in the state	6,994 ±702	57.2% ±5.7	57.2% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,007 ±563	32.8% ±4.6	35.7% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 38	0% to 0.3%	1.0% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,207 ±431	9.9% ±3.5	6.1% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	769 ±375	6.3% ±3.1	2.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	208 to 668	1.7% to 5.5%	3.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Alcoa city among the places of Tennessee

53rd of 113 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Tennessee page.

Places of Tennessee near Alcoa city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Portland city	13,449 ±58
Soddy-Daisy city	13,231 ±28
Manchester city	12,944 ±21
Lewisburg city	12,861 ±23
Crossville city	12,428 ±27
Alcoa city	12,222 ±48
Middle Valley CDP	12,187 ±1,249
Red Bank city	12,010 ±28
Lawrenceburg city	11,844 ±24
Collegedale city	11,330 ±25
Millington city	11,289 ±27

Rankings this appears in

No. 5 Places in Tennessee by foreign-born share
No. 9 Places in Tennessee by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 13 Places in Tennessee by per capita income
No. 20 Places in Tennessee by median rent
No. 25 Places in Tennessee by poverty rate
No. 27 Places in Tennessee by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026