Miston's Livability
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About Miston, TN
Miston, TN is located in Dyer County in the state of Tennessee.
The total City Population for Miston is about 35 with about 8 people per square mile.
The Average Home Value is $78,200, which is roughly 53% lower than the Average Home Value of $166,788 for the state of Tennessee, and roughly 64% lower than the National Average of $217,072.
The Median Income Per Household is about $41,458, which is roughly 24% lower than the Average Median Income Per Household of $54,526 for the state of Tennessee, and roughly 36% lower higher than the National Average of $65,026.
Quick Stats
Demographic Details
Average # of People Per Household: 2.40Male Population Estimate: 51.4%
Female Population Estimate: 48.6%
Median Age: 41.4
Male Median Age: 38.6
Female Median Age: 44.0
Racial Demographic Estimates
Black:13.7%
Hispanic:1.7%
Indian:0.9%
Asian:0.4%
Other:0.2%
Hawaiian:0%
Voting
![Marsha Blackburn](/assets/images/politicians/senators/marsha_blackburn.jpg)
![Bill Hagerty](/assets/images/politicians/senators/bill_hagerty.jpg)
![Bill Lee](/assets/images/politicians/governors/bill_lee.jpg)
Voting Results by Party
Democratic: 20.94%
Other: 1.01%
Crime Details
NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Miston specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Dyer County: About 0 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 0)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Dyer County: About 209.754 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Dyer County is about 100% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 27% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
Employment
Tennessee is ranked #44 out of 52 for Best and Worst States to Work in America, with an overall score of 23.34 out of 100.
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Wage Policies
Overall Wage Policy Score: 10.42The average living wage for the state of Tennessee is $28.97/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives Tennessee a minimum wage score of 16.5 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Tennessee a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Tennessee is $145.00, resulting in a UI benefit score of 12.47 compared to all other states.
Worker Protection Policies
Overall Worker Protection Score: 71.43✓ Tennessee does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Tennessee does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Tennessee does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Tennessee does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Tennessee does provide some form of paid family leave.
X Tennessee does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Tennessee does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Tennessee does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Tennessee does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Tennessee does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Tennessee does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Tennessee does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Tennessee does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.
Right To Organize Policies
Overall Right To Organize Score: 70X Tennessee does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Tennessee does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Tennessee does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Tennessee does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Tennessee does provide wage negotiations for teachers.
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Additional Location Details
Zip Code(s): 38080Latitude: 36.160400
Longitude: -89.494000
TimeZone: Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving: Yes
Region: South
Average Elevation: 261.0 ft.
Area Code(s): 731