City safety & data profile

MartinTN

Martin, TN is a 11K-resident city in Weakley County with a median household income of $43,381.

Weakley County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Martin, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Martin has a population larger than 6% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $198,300, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 7%
By size
$43,381
Median income (place)
$198,300
Median home (place)
26.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Martin

Martin posts a median household income higher than 3% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Martin area.

Bottom 4%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Martin

Where Martin income ranks nationally

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

$43,381 Bottom 3% higher than 3% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

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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 Martin, TN beyond the headline numbers

Martin sits inside Weakley County, Tennessee, at roughly 36.34°N, -88.85°W. Population 10,959, $43,381 median household income. Median home value $198,300, median rent $859. Poverty rate 26.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Martin, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

26.3% of Martin, 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.

A median home in Martin runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 7.4% of Martin 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, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 24.9% in Martin, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Martin's median age is 24.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Martin 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)
10,959
Martin · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$43,381
-51% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$198,300
-52% vs avg
Median Age (place)
24.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Weakley County): Martin'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
33K-5%
Median Income
$51,880+47%
Median Home Value
$151,200+71%
Poverty Rate
19%-9%
Unemployment
4%-72%

Economics

Economics indicators for Martin, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$859/mo
Poverty Rate
26.3% +112% vs avg
Unemployment 6.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30.4%
Work From Home 7.4%
Public Transit 0.3%

Population

White 72.1%
African American 18.2%
Asian 3.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42.4%
Obesity
39.4%
High Blood Pressure
33.8%
Physical Inactivity
28.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
24.9%
Current Smoking
17.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.1%
Binge Drinking
14.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.8%
Current Asthma
12.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50%
Annual Checkup 75.5%

Other Measures

Diabetes
11.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
MARTIN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Martin?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-MARTIN · Martin

Martin: 9 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 9 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albuquerque

Tagged alert mix: Martin

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 9 tagged notices on record for Martin.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Albuquerque, NM (10 tagged · Δ1)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (9 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts Central, LA 8 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Martin, TN? ▼
Martin, TN has a population of 10,959 people, located in Weakley County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Martin? ▼
The median household income in Martin, TN is $43,381 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 26.3%.
What is the median home value in Martin? ▼
The median home value in Martin, TN is $198,300. Median rent is $859/month.
What are the top health concerns in Martin? ▼
The top health indicators in Martin include Short Sleep Duration (42.4%), Obesity (39.4%), High Blood Pressure (33.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Martin? ▼
Martin has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Martin? ▼
The median age in Martin, TN is 24.5 years. 30.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (26.3% here).

Hartford, CT 26.3% Iowa City, IA 26.3% Salisbury, NC 26.3% East Chicago, IN 26.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($43,381 here).

Marion, IN $43,343 Pittsburg, KS $43,419 Meadville, PA $43,308 Sterling, CO $43,283

Compare Martin with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Union City, TN 11K Mayfield, KY 10K Paris, TN 10K Murray, KY 19K Dyersburg, TN 17K Jackson, TN 67K Paducah, KY 25K Sikeston, MO 16K
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Using Martin'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 Martin 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 Martin 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 (Weakley 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.