Tennessee · Census place 4765820
Rutledge, Tennessee
Rutledge is a town in Grainger County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,348 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 216th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,348
- #216 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +21 people
- Land area
- 5.5 sq mi
- Density
- 244 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Rutledge population, 2020 to 2024
Rutledge added 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +14.
Rutledge covers 5.53 square miles of land, for 244 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Rutledge is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rutledge is in
All of Rutledge's residents live in Grainger County, which had 25,073 residents in 2024. Rutledge holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rutledge
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rutledge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37861. 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 Rutledge is
The Census internal point of Rutledge is at 36.274400, -83.532700. Nashville, the capital, is 181.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jefferson City, TN (9,013 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 31.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.274400, -83.532700
- DMS
- 36°16'27.84"N 83°31'57.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 272504.8E 4017360.1N
- Geohash
- dnkw75t3e
- Plus code
- 868R7FF8+QW
Daylight in Rutledge
At 36.27° N, Rutledge gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rutledge
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Jefferson City, 11.0 miles away, with 9,013 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rutledge, TN?
1,348 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 21 (1.6%) from 1,327 in July 2020.
What county is Rutledge in?
Grainger County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rutledge?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37861.
How far is Rutledge from Nashville?
181.4 miles (291.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Rutledge.
What is the nearest larger city to Rutledge?
Jefferson City, TN, with 9,013 residents, 10.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.