Tennessee · Census place 4708960

Bruceton, Tennessee

Bruceton is a town in Carroll County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,520 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 204th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,520; #204 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020: +0.9%; +14 people
Land area: 1.7 sq mi
Density: 905 / sq mi; State median 947

Orange pin: Bruceton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Bruceton population, 2020 to 2024

Bruceton added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,507. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bruceton covers 1.68 square miles of land, for 905 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Bruceton is close to the typical town.

What county Bruceton is in

All of Bruceton's residents live in Carroll County, which had 29,107 residents in 2024. Bruceton holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bruceton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bruceton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38317. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bruceton is

The Census internal point of Bruceton is at 36.034900, -88.246600. Nashville, the capital, is 82.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Camden, TN (3,692 people), 8.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 62.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.034900, -88.246600
DMS: 36°02'5.64"N 88°14'47.76"W
UTM: 16N 387693.7E 3988538.2N
Geohash: dn3hzzuy9
Plus code: 868H2QM3+X9

Daylight in Bruceton

At 36.03° N, Bruceton gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bruceton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Camden, 8.2 miles away, with 3,692 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bruceton, TN?

1,520 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (0.9%) from 1,506 in July 2020.

What county is Bruceton in?

Carroll County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bruceton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38317.

How far is Bruceton from Nashville?

82.2 miles (132.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Bruceton.

What is the nearest larger city to Bruceton?

Camden, TN, with 3,692 residents, 8.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.