Cleveland

Population & Demographics

Cleveland, TN

Cleveland is home to 48,829 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,136 resident workers commute each day.

TennesseeCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
48,829
people
Population

48,829 residents

Median age 36.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Cleveland population & demographics

Who lives in Cleveland — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
48,829
Median age
36.4yrs
Median household income
$58,559
Median home value
$272,200
Median gross rent
$1,034/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
30.2%
Poverty rate
16.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Cleveland

How Cleveland breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White73.5%
Hispanic or Latino11.4%
Black7.0%
Two or more races4.8%
Asian2.3%
Some other race1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Cleveland

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Cleveland.

Cleveland at a glance
Employed Residents
21,136
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
23.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
38.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Chattanooga
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Cleveland proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Cleveland commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

69
Commute Score

69 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Cleveland

21,136 commutes, one dot at a time

Cleveland

Where 21,136 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Cleveland, by worker count.

1Cleveland0.0 mi8,178
2Chattanooga23.5 mi4,365
3Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)126.2 mi853
4Knoxville76.2 mi543
5Athens24.6 mi353
6Memphis287.9 mi221
7South Cleveland4.0 mi200
8Collegedale12.8 mi196

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Cleveland.

1Cleveland0.0 mi8,178
2Chattanooga23.5 mi1,256
3South Cleveland4.0 mi1,120
4Wildwood Lake4.9 mi617
5Athens24.6 mi412
6Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)126.2 mi333
7Hopewell4.8 mi299
8Knoxville76.2 mi297

Top industries

The sectors that employ Cleveland’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing20.7%
RTRetail Trade12.3%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.2%
EDEducational Services11.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.7%
PAPublic Administration4.0%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Cleveland

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps98%
8 Gbps8%
See all internet providers in Cleveland

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).