City safety & data profile

DyersburgTN

Dyersburg, TN is a 17K-resident city in Dyer County with a median household income of $52,064.

Dyer County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Dyersburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Dyersburg has a population larger than 34% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $168,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

17K
Population (place)
Bottom 35%
By size
$52,064
Median income (place)
$168,300
Median home (place)
21.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Dyersburg

Dyersburg posts a median household income higher than 11% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Dyersburg area.

Bottom 12%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Dyersburg

Where Dyersburg income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$52,064 Bottom 11% higher than 11% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Dyersburg $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Dyersburg, TN beyond the headline numbers

Dyersburg sits inside Dyer County, Tennessee, at roughly 36.03°N, -89.39°W. Population 16,781, $52,064 median household income. Median home value $168,300, median rent $782. Poverty rate 21.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Dyersburg, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

21.6% of Dyersburg, TN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Dyersburg costs roughly 3.2 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 4.1% of Dyersburg workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 44.4% in Dyersburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Dyersburg workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Dyersburg from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
16,781
Dyersburg · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$52,064
-42% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$168,300
-59% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Dyer County): Dyersburg's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
37K-5%
Median Income
$58,154+49%
Median Home Value
$166,400+67%
Poverty Rate
16.3%-8%
Unemployment
4.7%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Dyersburg, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$782/mo
Poverty Rate
21.6% +74% vs avg
Unemployment 7.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.9%
Work From Home 4.1%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 65.3%
African American 27.9%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
44.4%
Short Sleep Duration
43.1%
Obesity
41%
Physical Inactivity
32.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.1%
Current Smoking
20.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.3%
Diabetes
16.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.3%
Binge Drinking
12.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.6%
Annual Checkup 79%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.2%
Stroke
4.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
DYERSBURG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
DYERSBURG · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Dyersburg?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Dyersburg right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TN-DYERSBURG · Dyersburg

Dyersburg: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Dyersburg; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Dyersburg, TN? ▼
Dyersburg, TN has a population of 16,781 people, located in Dyer County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Dyersburg? ▼
The median household income in Dyersburg, TN is $52,064 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 21.6%.
What is the median home value in Dyersburg? ▼
The median home value in Dyersburg, TN is $168,300. Median rent is $782/month.
What are the top health concerns in Dyersburg? ▼
The top health indicators in Dyersburg include High Blood Pressure (44.4%), Short Sleep Duration (43.1%), Obesity (41%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Dyersburg? ▼
Dyersburg has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Dyersburg? ▼
The median age in Dyersburg, TN is 41.5 years. 21.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Dyersburg, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (21.6% here).

Trenton, NJ 21.6% El Centro, CA 21.6% Bell, CA 21.6% New London, CT 21.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($52,064 here).

Newark, NJ $52,060 Daytona Beach, FL $52,058 Thibodaux, LA $52,072 Bellmead, TX $52,075

Compare Dyersburg with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Union City, TN 11K Blytheville, AR 15K Martin, TN 11K Kennett, MO 11K Jackson, TN 67K Arlington, TN 12K Millington, TN 11K Sikeston, MO 16K
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Using Dyersburg's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Dyersburg area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Dyersburg against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Dyer County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.