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Population (year 2000): 7,329. Estimated
population in July 2005: 7,752 (+5.8% change)
Males: 3,341 (45.6%), Females: 3,988 (54.4%)
Zip code:
37398
Median resident age: 40.4 years
Median household income: $32,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $78,500 (year 2000)
Races in Winchester:
- White Non-Hispanic (83.8%)
- Black (12.3%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (19.9%), English
(8.0%), Irish (7.8%), German (6.1%), Scotch-Irish (2.4%),
Italian (1.7%).
Land area: 10.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Winchester
- High school or higher: 70.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 6.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Winchester city
- Never married: 19.6%
- Now married: 58.4%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 11.2%
- Divorced: 9.9%
2.0% Foreign born (0.8% Latin America, 0.7%
Asia, 0.4% North America).
Population change in the 1990s: +241 (+3.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Winchester:
- SOUTHERN TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER (185
HOSPITAL ROAD)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Winchester:
- JOHN W HARTON REGIONAL MED CENTER (about 14 miles;
TULLAHOMA, TN)
- COFFEE MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles; MANCHESTER,
TN)
- MEDICAL CENTER OF MANCHESTER (about 22 miles;
MANCHESTER, TN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Winchester:
- HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FIELD (about 60 miles;
HUNTSVILLE, AL; ID: HSV)
- SMYRNA (about 63 miles; SMYRNA, TN; ID: MQY)
- LOVELL FIELD (about 65 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; ID:
CHA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Winchester:
- WINCHESTER MUNI (about 5 miles; WINCHESTER, TN; ID:
BGF)
- TULLAHOMA REGIONAL ARPT/WM NORTHERN FIELD (about 15
miles; TULLAHOMA, TN; ID: THA)
- FRANKLIN COUNTY (about 16 miles; SEWANEE, TN; ID:
UOS)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Winchester:
- MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 14 miles;
Tullahoma, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,256)
- ALABAMA A & M UNIVERSITY (about 43 miles; NORMAL,
AL; FT enrollment: 4,886)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE (about 49 miles;
HUNTSVILLE, AL; FT enrollment: 4,795)
- MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles;
MURFREESBORO, TN; FT enrollment: 16,617)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA (about 58
miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 6,914)
- CHATTANOOGA STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
61 miles; CHATTANOOGA, TN; FT enrollment: 4,821)
- COLUMBIA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71 miles;
COLUMBIA, TN; FT enrollment: 2,784)
Public high school in Winchester:
- FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,055;
Location: 925 DINAH SHORE BL; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Winchester:
- H LOUIS SCOTT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
748; Location: 2990 DECHERD BL; Grades: 07 - 09)
- CLARK MEMORIAL SCHOOL (Students: 500;
Location: 500 N JEFFERSON ST; Grades: 01 - 06)
- BROADVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 315;
Location: 4980 LYNCHBURG RD; Grades: KG - 06)
- TOWNSEND KINDERGARTEN (Students: 81;
Location: 910 SOUTH SHEPHERD ST; Grades: KG - KG)
Library in Winchester:
- FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $68,652; Location: 105 SOUTH PORTER STREET;
37,640 books; 363 audio materials; 356 video materials;
83 serial subscriptions)
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