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Polk County School District

Polk County School District is a unified school district in Tennessee with a community population of 17,898. The median household income is $62,522 and the median age is 46.9.

17,898

Population

41

People / sq mi

$62,522

Median Income

46.9

Median Age

Polk County School District covers 435 sq mi of land at 41.2 people per square mile.

Race & Ethnicity

White89.6%
Black or African American0.0%
Asian63.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)0.0%

Economy & Income

$62,522

Median Household Income

$35,592

Per Capita Income

8.1%

Poverty Rate

2.8%

Unemployment

Housing

$169,900

Median Home Value

$676

Median Rent

83.6%

Homeownership

Education Attainment

86.5%

High School+

16.6%

Bachelor's+

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Frequently Asked Questions

Polk County School District serves a community with a population of 17,898 according to the latest Census ACS 5-Year estimates. This unified school district is located in Tennessee.

The median household income in Polk County School District is $62,522, with a per capita income of $35,592. The poverty rate is 8.1%.

Polk County School District is 89.6% White, 0.0% Black or African American, 63.2% Asian, and 0.0% Hispanic or Latino, per Census ACS data.

In Polk County School District, 86.5% of adults have a high school diploma or higher, and 16.6% hold a bachelor's degree or higher, per Census ACS estimates.

The median home value in Polk County School District is $169,900, with a median rent of $676. The homeownership rate is 83.6%.

Data for Polk County School District from the American Community Survey 5-Year estimates. Land area from Census Gazetteer files. This is a unified school district (GEOID: 4703450).

For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.

The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the the U.S. Census Bureau ACS and decennial files portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. states, metros, cities, and ZIPs. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, 2026.