Rutledge is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,348 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rutledge is the 262nd largest community in Tennessee.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Rutledge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rutledge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Rutledge is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Rutledge are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.58% of adults in Rutledge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Rutledge in 2022 was $29,630, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,520 for a family of four. However, Rutledge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Rutledge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rutledge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rutledge include Irish, English, German, Belgian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Rutledge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.