The population of Rhea county is estimated at 32,392. In 2017 there were 380 births and 379 deaths in Rhea county. Rhea county has 4,811 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,903 that are owned free and clear and 3,562 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Rhea County filed 13,430 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Tennessee filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Rhea had a combined total federal tax liability of $87,074,000 on earned income of $596,558,000. Other notable statistics from Rhea County were 700 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,268,000 and 1,270 charitable contributions valued at $8,509,000. 1,410 filings from Rhea County paid a combined total of $2,456,000 in property taxes and 1,170 filings paid $8,024,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Rhea county had 82 religious congregations with an estimated 15,691 members.
14.2% of the Rhea population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 22.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 34% of Rhea County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 368 votes.
At $43,426 the median income is 84.6% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 852 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Rhea, the equivalant of around 6.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Rhea County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,544	Manufacturing
1,150	Retail trade
968	Health care and social assistance
792	Accommodation and food services
575	Apparel manufacturing
423	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
397	Nursing and residential care facilities
363	Limited-service restaurants
280	Full-service restaurants
247	Ambulatory health care services
228	Grocery stores
223	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
204	Finance and insurance
184	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
170	Credit intermediation and related activities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.07% in Rhea County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 37381 and 37321).

In 2018 8.55% of listings in Rhea County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 37321 and 37381) dropped their price.

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