City safety & data profile

ParisTN

Paris, TN is a 10K-resident city in Henry County with a median household income of $41,012.

Henry County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Paris, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Paris has a population larger than 1% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $163,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

10K
Population (place)
Bottom 2%
By size
$41,012
Median income (place)
$163,600
Median home (place)
26.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Paris

Paris posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Paris area.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Paris

Where Paris income ranks nationally

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

$41,012 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Paris $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 Paris, TN beyond the headline numbers

Paris sits inside Henry County, Tennessee, at roughly 36.30°N, -88.33°W. Population 10,150, $41,012 median household income. Median home value $163,600, median rent $780. Poverty rate 26.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Paris, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

26.3% of Paris, 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 Paris runs about 4.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.1% of Paris 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, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5.4% in Paris, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Paris 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)
10,150
Paris · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$41,012
-54% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$163,600
-60% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Henry County): Paris'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
32K+0%
Median Income
$50,613+37%
Median Home Value
$160,200+75%
Poverty Rate
18.3%-5%
Unemployment
4.8%-63%

Economics

Economics indicators for Paris, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$780/mo
Poverty Rate
26.3% +112% vs avg
Unemployment 2.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.1%
Work From Home 6.1%
Public Transit 1.2%

Population

White 75.8%
African American 16.2%
Asian 0.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
45.7%
Short Sleep Duration
40.6%
Obesity
39.8%
Physical Inactivity
35%
Current Smoking
22%
Frequent Mental Distress
21%
Frequent Physical Distress
19%
Diabetes
17.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.4%
Binge Drinking
12.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.6%
Annual Checkup 80.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.9%
Stroke
5.4%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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1
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
WEST TENNESSEE HEALTHCARE HENRY COUNTY HOSPITAL
PARIS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Paris?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TN-PARIS-TN · Paris

Paris: 63 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 63 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Paris

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 63 tagged notices on record for Paris.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ27)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Paris; 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 (63 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Paris, TN? ▼
Paris, TN has a population of 10,150 people, located in Henry County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Paris? ▼
The median household income in Paris, TN is $41,012 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 26.3%.
What is the median home value in Paris? ▼
The median home value in Paris, TN is $163,600. Median rent is $780/month.
What are the top health concerns in Paris? ▼
The top health indicators in Paris include High Blood Pressure (45.7%), Short Sleep Duration (40.6%), Obesity (39.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Paris? ▼
Paris has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Paris? ▼
The median age in Paris, TN is 38.5 years. 21.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Paris, 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 ($41,012 here).

Atlantic City, NJ $41,028 Mayfield, KY $40,965 New Kingman-Butler, AZ $40,949 Gaffney, SC $41,089

Compare Paris 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

Murray, KY 19K Martin, TN 11K Mayfield, KY 10K Union City, TN 11K Paducah, KY 25K Jackson, TN 67K Fort Campbell North, KY 14K Dickson, TN 15K
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Using Paris'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 Paris 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 Paris 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 (Henry 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.