| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 931 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:49 PM |
| Population: | 13,907 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 47181 |
| Land Area: | 623 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 3 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.2211, -87.8631 |
| Quick Link: |
13,907 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 623 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 14,745 to 13,907 from 2014 to 2024 — a -5.7% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 38471 (Lutts, $65,774 median) and poorest ZIP 38450 (Collinwood, $42,887) are 5.3 miles apart — a 1.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.9× across this county — from $107,700 in 38450 (Collinwood) to $204,300 in 38471 (Lutts).
Density varies 9× across the county — from 4 people/sq mi in 38471 (Lutts) to 33 in 38425 (Clifton).
Educational attainment ranges from 5.4% bachelor's+ in 38425 (Clifton) to 25.6% in 38471 (Lutts) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Tennessee, this is the #82 most populous of 95 counties and ranks #72 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $51,104 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
13.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,497 of 10,753 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Wayne County lost 5.7% of residents between 2014 and 2024.