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Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $573 (0.7%)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bedford County is $458 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $576 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $721 a month.
Cities in this county include: Shelbyville
, Wartrace
, Bell Buckle
, Normandy
, Bedford
, Shelby Forest
.
Neighboring
counties: Coffee County
, Lincoln County
, Marshall County
, Moore County
, Rutherford County
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Bedford County: Cater
Crossroads
(A),
Bowmans Cut
(B),
Putman Well
(C),
River Bend Estates Golf And Country Club
(D)
Churches in Bedford County include: Center
Church
(A),
Lily Hill Church
(B),
Singleton Methodist Church
(C),
Singleton Baptist Church
(D),
Shofner Church
(E),
Saint Paul Church
(F),
Crossroads Church
(G),
Crowell Chapel
(H),
Rowesville United Methodist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: Pleasant
Valley Cemetery
(1),
Locke Cemetery
(2),
Ault Cemetery
(3),
Austin Cemetery
(4),
Hall-Thompson Cemetery
(5),
Zivley Cemetery
(6),
Crowell Cemetery
(7)
Lakes and reservoirs: Hix
Pond
(A),
Gaither Pond
(B),
Isom Pond
(C),
Joe Tillet Lake
(D),
Kingree Lake
(E),
Cortner Lake
(F),
Bomar Lake
(G),
Swings Lake
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Alexander
Creek
(A),
Renegar Branch
(B),
Doddy Creek
(C),
Anderton Branch
(D),
Ashland Branch
(E),
Branchville Branch
(F),
Crooked Run
(G),
Kelly Creek
(H),
Rabbit Branch
(I)
Post office: Unionville
Post Office
(A).
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
5.0% | | Tennessee: |
4.4% |
Current college students: 966
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 69.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,392 (9% naturalized citizens)
| Bedford
County: |
6.4% | | Whole
state: |
2.8% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population |
- 1995
to March 2000: 1,395
- 1990
to 1994: 454
- 1985
to 1989: 259
- 1980
to 1984: 127
- 1975
to 1979: 56
- 1970
to 1974: 33
- 1970
to 1974: 0
- 1965
to 1969: 68
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Mean travel time to work: 24.1 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 70.3%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 11,196
- One,
attached: 316
- Two:
501
- 3
or 4: 204
- 5
to 9: 193
- 10
to 19: 185
- 20
or more: 61
- Mobile
homes: 2,307
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 27
Housing units in Bedford County with a mortgage: 4,300 (403 second mortgage, 243 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,401 Agriculture
in Bedford County
Average size of farms: 132 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $51366
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $92.17
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.05%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 93.40%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $44256
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 27.96%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.08%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $44808
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 95.14%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 27.15
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 3.44%
Corn for grain: 6535 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2281 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 8187 harvested acres
Vegetables: 50 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 26 acresBedford
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Tennessee state average. It is 1.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 8 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/20/2000, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado killed one person and caused $30,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males: |
- Construction
(12%)
- Transportation
equipment (11%)
- Agriculture,
forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Miscellaneous
manufacturing (5%)
- Food
(5%)
- Public
administration (4%)
- Metal
and metal products (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Educational
services (10%)
- Health
care (10%)
- Miscellaneous
manufacturing (8%)
- Transportation
equipment (6%)
- Food
(5%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation
and food services (5%)
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Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal
workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers
and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
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Most
common occupations for females
|
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Assemblers
and fabricators (4%)
- Cashiers
(3%)
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Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Mexico
(83%)
- El
Salvador (3%)
- Guatemala
(3%)
- India
(2%)
- Laos
(2%)
- Canada
(2%)
- Other
Northern America (2%)
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Most
common first ancestries reported in Bedford County:
|
- United
States or American (38%)
- English
(10%)
- Irish
(8%)
- German
(6%)
- Scotch-Irish
(2%)
- French
(except Basque) (2%)
- Scottish
(1%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 14,276 (78%)
- Carpooled:
2,794 (15%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 54 (0%)
- Ferryboat:
6 (0%)
- Taxi:
53 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
2 (0%)
- Bicycle:
21 (0%)
- Walked:
324 (2%)
- Other
means: 100 (1%)
- Worked
at home: 622 (3%)
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People
in group quarters in Bedford County, Tennessee
- 247
people in nursing homes
- 101
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 37
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 37
people in other group homes
- 33
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 25
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 17
people in other workers' dormitories
- 8
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 2
people in religious group quarters
- 2
people in other nonhousehold living situations
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,376.
7.29% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,134 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
7.29% | | Tennessee
average: | 7.52% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.82% relocated from other counties in Tennessee ($22,405 average AGI)
2.47% relocated from other states ($23,728 average AGI)
| Bedford
County: |
2.47% | | Tennessee
average: | 3.80% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Rutherford County, TN
|
1.82% ($39,943 average AGI) |
| from
Coffee County, TN
|
0.69% ($25,240) |
| from
Davidson County, TN
|
0.42% ($31,393) |
| from
Marshall County, TN
|
0.29% ($21,442) |
| from
Lincoln County, TN
|
0.19% ($32,179) |
| from
Franklin County, TN
|
0.19% ($32,929) |
| from
Maury County, TN
|
0.16% ($26,583) |
6.06% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,620 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
6.06% | | Tennessee
average: | 6.67% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.18% relocated to other counties in Tennessee ($20,596 average AGI)
1.88% relocated to other states ($8,024 average AGI)
| Bedford
County: |
1.88% | | Tennessee
average: | 2.97% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Rutherford County, TN
|
1.40% ($31,831 average AGI) |
| to
Coffee County, TN
|
0.74% ($24,009) |
| to
Davidson County, TN
|
0.42% ($26,525) |
| to
Marshall County, TN
|
0.28% ($31,075) |
| to
Franklin County, TN
|
0.21% ($35,933) |
| to
Maury County, TN
|
0.17% ($35,542) |
| to
Lincoln County, TN
|
0.13% ($30,056) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.4
Births
per 1000 population in Bedford County |
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9
Deaths
per 1000 population in Bedford County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.2
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Bedford County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 5,791 (4,787 aged, 1,004 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 37,073
- In
family households: 32,662 (8,067 male householders, 2,327 female householders)
8,312
spouses, 10,872 children (9,810 natural, 236 adopted, 826 stepchildren), 678 grandchildren, 406 brothers or sisters, 228 parents, 703 other relatives, 1,069 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 4,411 (1,587 male householders (1,204 living alone)), 1,952 female householders (1,782 living alone)), 872 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 513 (356 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,305 2-persons, 2,588 3-persons, 2,112 4-persons, 827 5-persons, 316 6-persons, 246 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,986 1-person, 383 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons.
6,296 married couples with children.
2,145 single-parent households (546 men, 1,599 women).
91.6% of residents of Bedford County speak English at home.
7.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (22% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 33% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 17% speak English not well). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $172,145,000 ($4175 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,219,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $86,457,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $37,967,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,698,000
Federal grants: $39,209,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,176,000 ($227,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,640,000 ($527,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,342,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $27,499,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,868,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 3,140
| Here: |
74 per 1000 residents | | State: |
69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 2,028
| Here: |
48 per 1000 residents | | State: | 50
per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +1,242
| Here: |
+29 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+8 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: +2,322
| Here: |
+55 per 1000 residents | | State: |
+18 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Bedford County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.57 millions of gallons per day (13% from ground, 87% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built:
|
- 1999
to March 2000: 577
- 1995
to 1998: 1,540
- 1990
to 1994: 1,577
- 1980
to 1989: 2,410
- 1970
to 1979: 2,656
- 1960
to 1969: 2,296
- 1950
to 1959: 1,676
- 1940
to 1949: 869
- 1939
or earlier: 1,389
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Bedford County, Tennessee: |
- 1
room: 2
- 2
rooms: 75
- 3
rooms: 235
- 4
rooms: 814
- 5
rooms: 3,108
- 6
rooms: 2,682
- 7
rooms: 1,651
- 8
rooms: 923
- 9
or more rooms: 733
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Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bedford County, Tennessee: |
- 1
room: 92
- 2
rooms: 258
- 3
rooms: 514
- 4
rooms: 1,128
- 5
rooms: 912
- 6
rooms: 375
- 7
rooms: 277
- 8
rooms: 72
- 9
or more rooms: 54
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Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bedford County: |
- no
bedroom: 2
- 1
bedroom: 262
- 2
bedrooms: 2,101
- 3
bedrooms: 6,299
- 4
bedrooms: 1,279
- 5
or more bedrooms: 280
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Bedford County: |
- no
bedroom: 132
- 1
bedroom: 646
- 2
bedrooms: 1,721
- 3
bedrooms: 981
- 4
bedrooms: 159
- 5
or more bedrooms: 43
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bedford County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no
vehicle: 384
- 1
vehicle: 2,258
- 2
vehicles: 4,444
- 3
vehicles: 2,172
- 4
vehicles: 672
- 5
or more vehicles: 293
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Bedford County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 505
- 1
vehicle: 1,595
- 2
vehicles: 1,237
- 3
vehicles: 281
- 4
vehicles: 59
- 5
or more vehicles: 5
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53% of Bedford County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Tennessee.
| Bedford
County: |
53.4% | | State
average: | 54.7% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 26377
- Northeast:
961
- Midwest:
2909
- South:
3894
- West:
864
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,300 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Electricity
(56%)
- Utility
gas (22%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood
(3%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Electricity
(54%)
- Utility
gas (33%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood
(2%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
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Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 253
| Here: |
5.9% | | Tennessee: | 9.5% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 159
| Here: |
7.5% | | Tennessee: | 10.4% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 93
| Here: |
11.0% | | Tennessee: | 22.8% |
Bedford
County government finances in 2004:
- Bond
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $12,709,000
- Charges
- Hospital Public: $28,062,000
All Other: $3,171,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $1,972,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $1,095,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $5,000
- Construction
- Elementary & Secondary Education: $2,103,000
Regular Highways: $1,879,000
General: $441,000
Health - Other: $332,000
Natural Resources - Other: $256,000
Corrections - Other: $7,000
General Public Buildings: $5,000
- Current
Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $35,915,000
Own Hospitals: $28,062,000
Corrections - Other: $2,225,000
General - Other: $2,041,000
Regular Highways: $1,996,000
Health Services - Other: $1,486,000
Police Protection: $1,450,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $955,000
Central Staff Services: $867,000
Financial Administration: $741,000
Natural Resources - Other: $170,000
Solid Waste Management: $97,000
General Public Buildings: $95,000
Parks & Recreation: $17,000
- Federal
Intergovernmental - All Other: $88,000
- General
- Interest on Debt: $1,986,000
- Intergovernmental
to Local NEC - General: $3,615,000
Solid Waste Management: $737,000
Libraries: $100,000
Health: $14,000
- Intergovernmental
to State - Welfare: $85,000
General: $29,000
- Local
Intergovernmental - General Support: $88,000
Highways: $48,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $35,728,000
- Long
Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $16,380,000
- Long
Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $1,075,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $34,235,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,938,000
- Long
Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $13,505,000
- Long
Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,493,000
Other, NEC: $1,012,000
- Miscellaneous
- General Revenue, NEC: $787,000
Interest Earnings: $312,000
Rents: $19,000
- Other
Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,150,000
General - Other: $276,000
Own Hospitals: $241,000
Health - Other: $223,000
Police Protection: $121,000
Regular Highways: $112,000
Central Staff: $33,000
Corrections - Other: $9,000
Judicial: $9,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
- Other
Funds - Cash & Deposits: $11,531,000
- Sinking
Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,880,000
- State
Intergovernmental - Education: $26,028,000
Highways: $1,976,000
All Other: $856,000
General Support: $567,000
Health & Hospitals: $233,000
- Tax
- Property: $13,741,000
Total General Sales: $8,569,000
NEC: $514,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $136,000
Other Selective Sales: $9,000
- Total
Salaries & Wages: $41,986,000
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